The Councilor for Innovation, Research and Development, Juan José Martínez, attended the annual meeting of the entity, where the membership was formalized.
DigitalES is the leading organization in the sector in the dialogue with European and Spanish public administrations.
The company Canalinka subsidiary of the Cabildo de Tenerife through the Instituto Tecnológico de Energías Renovables (ITER), has joined the Spanish Association for Digitalization. The Councilor for Innovation, Research and Development of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Juan José Martínez, attended the annual meeting of the entity held in Madrid in which the Minister of Digital Transformation, Óscar López, participated and where the incorporation of Canalink to this prestigious entity was formalized.
Juan José Martínez explains that the Spanish Association for Digitalization “is the leading organization in the sector, recognized for its work in liaising with European and national public administrations, as well as for its commitment to the development of the sector and the promotion of vocations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The invitation to Canalink is based on its growing strategic role in the deployment of submarine cable networks, which connect the Canary Islands with three continents, positioning itself as a key player in global connectivity”.
The Spanish Association for Digitalization (DigitalES), founded in 2017, is a Spanish business association that serves as a meeting point for the sectors involved in the digitalization of the Spanish economy and society. Currently, this non-profit association is made up of more than 60 technology companies with activity in Spain and present throughout the digital value chain, with special weight in the fields of telecommunications, digital infrastructure, training in STEM skills and technology consulting.
Canalink
It is a public, neutral and independent operator created in 2008 at the initiative of the Cabildo de Tenerife as part of the ALiX Canarias project. Its mission is to manage and ensure the connectivity of the Canary Islands with the Peninsula through broadband submarine communications. It also provides connectivity between several of the Canary Islands and is a reference point for international Africa-Europe connectivity through the Canary Islands. It currently has more than 35,000 km of access to the fiber optic network and more than 20 countries connected.
Canalink has obtained 7.5 million euros from the European Union to develop a fiber optic cable that will connect the Canary Islands with Tarfaya. This project, together with those already under development, has made Tenerife one of the main operators of submarine fiber optic cable in the Mid-Atlantic.
In addition, Canalink has recently completed the project associated with the studies prior to the deployment of new submarine cabling systems in the Canary Islands. These studies have covered both Canary Islands provinces through the design of three submarine fiber optic communication cables. The first two form a ring system around the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, providing these three islands with a redundant connection, a project that continues to be developed through another of the grants obtained. The study of the third cable has focused on the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro, which would be added to the existing Canalink cable between Tenerife and La Palma to provide another redundant connection ring to the western province.
