The Canary Islands continues with the deployment of a new submarine fibre optic cable that will connect Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, arriving on the Moroccan coasts of Tarfaya. However, the location of the connecting point introduces a geopolitical component into the project. Tarfaya is just 35 kilometers from the border of Western Sahara and this proximity opens the possibility that, in the future, the infrastructure can be extend…
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The Canary Islands continues with the deployment of a new submarine fibre optic cable that will connect Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, arriving on the Moroccan coasts of Tarfaya. However, the location of the connecting point introduces a geopolitical component into the project. Tarfaya is just 35 kilometers from the border of Western Sahara and this proximity opens the possibility that, in the future, the infrastructure can be extend…