BOSTON and SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, 2020, a leading developer-owner-operator of transoceanic subsea fiber optic cable systemsand together they are enhancing their IP and Infrastructure Partnership to offer 90 days of free Internet connectivity across their respective Americas networks to non-profit/not-for-profit organizations, educational programs, state and municipal governments, public health care providers, and non-government organizations.
This free internet connectivity is offered during the next 90 days to help these qualifying organizations accelerate remote learning, work-from-home, governance, support, medicine and research. This offering is available within the EdgeUno-Seaborn partnership network, which includes the countries of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Peru. The 90-day free Internet connectivity has no obligation for the customer to extend beyond the free period.
"Providing free Internet connectivity is our way of supporting communities in the Americas to quickly implement government-recommended social distancing guidelines," said Mehmet Akcin, CEO of EdgeUno. "Access to high capacity Internet will hopefully help local, state and regional institutions in this challenging environment."
"By alleviating this particular financial constraint in the provision of IP, we hope to reduce the strain on these organizations to enable them to execute on their respective missions during this health crisis," said Seaborn's CEO Larry Schwartz.
For more information on obtaining this free service as a qualifying organization, please contact people.first@seabornnetworks.com
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About Seaborn Networks
Seaborn Networks is a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic cable systems, including Seabras-1 between São Paulo and New York. Seabras-1 is the only direct POP to POP system between São Paulo and New York metro, offering the lowest latency route between the B3 exchange in São Paulo and the trading exchanges of New Jersey. Seaborn's industry leading service delivery and performance combined with our new IP and Ethernet service offerings broadens our solutions driven approach and commitment to always exceeding the service expectations of our customers. For more information please visit www.seabornnetworks.com. Follow us on Linked In.
Media Contact:
Kate Wilson
media-relations@seabornnetworks.com
About EdgeUno:
Co-founded in Silicon Valley by former Microsoft, Yahoo! and Terremark executives, EdgeUno provides unparalleled datacenter and managed cloud services focused in Latin America. EdgeUno entered the market in 2019 by acquiring major Colombian service provider RedUno with the goal of making it simpler to deploy and operate infrastructure across Latin America. EdgeUno has recently expanded its footprint to Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
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Diana Villamizar - press@edgeuno.com
