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Chile picks Japan's trans-Pacific cable route in snub to China

Decision a blow to Huawei and Chinese telecom sector

A submarine-cable laying ship in the Caribbean Sea. Chile picked a route that would take the cable to New Zealand and Australia, not Shanghai.   © Reuters
YOHEI HIROSE and NAOYUKI TOYAMA, Nikkei staff writers | Latin America

TOKYO/SAO PAULO -- Chile has chosen a route proposed by Japan for the first fiber-optic cable to directly connect South America and the Asia-Pacific region, designating Australia and New Zealand as endpoints while stopping short of landing in China, Nikkei has learned.

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