The company announced that, since July, it has been supporting a project by Brazilian Oi to activate an additional 8,000km of fiber backbone crossing eight states in Brazil’s Amazon region. Oi’s national backbone already spans over 388,000km.
The announcement of the Amazon project was made by the president of Huawei in Brazil, Sun Baocheng, at the online event “Amazonia Conectada” (Amazon connected), promoted by the municipal institute of innovation (IMI), a Brazilian think-thank that supports municipalities in PPP projects.