The Government of Chile, through Desarrollo País, a state-owned company that promotes infrastructure projects, signed the partnership contract with Google that gives rise to the joint-ownership company Humboldt Connect, through which the optical fiber capacity of the underwater. The Government of Chile, through Desarrollo País, a state-owned company that promotes infrastructure projects, signed the partnership contract with Google that gives rise to the joint-ownership company Humboldt Connect, through which the optical fiber capacity of the underwater. Humboldt Cable is a planned fiber optic submarine communications cable that will connect Chile with Australia, becoming the first-ever link between South America and the Asia-Pacific region. As of 2025, the plan is to build a 14,800-kilometre (9,200 mi) cable from Valparaiso, Chile, to. The Antarctica Cable initiative aims to build a fiber optic submarine cable system between the Magallanes Region and Chilean Antarctica, particularly from the city of Punta Arenas or from the city of Puerto Williams, and the Chilean Permanent Bases, located in the South Shetland Islands and the. In 2020, the Chilean government announced a plan to construct a subsea cable to connect Chile and Asia, followed two years later with an announcement to study the feasibility of a subsea cable between Chile and Antarctica. These projects offer opportunities to U. suppliers of fiberoptic and other. The company specializes in advanced fiber optic telecommunications and is dedicated to deploying fiber optic networks throughout Chile, enhancing broadband access for consumers and businesses. Their extensive ultra-broadband network, built to high industry standards, supports the digitalization. In an agreement signed by Desarrollo País (Chile) and Google, Humboldt Connect is the name of the company that will lead the marketing of the capacity of the first submarine cable between South America and Oceania. Stretching about 15,000 kilometers, it will connect Valparaiso, Chile, to Sydney, Australia, and then extend to Asia.