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EllaLink lands EU funded subsea cable branch in Mauritania

EllaLink and Mauritania's digital ministry landed a new subsea cable branch at Nouadhibou, an EU Connecting Europe Facility co-funded route giving Mauritania a second path to Europe with multi-terabit scalable capacity.

Verified Editor-read EllaLink press release, 4 May 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish a disclosed contract value or that the branch has reached full commercial traffic.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Branch cable lands in Mauritania; EllaLink already EU owner/operator, no EU answer changes. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-22. How the record is made

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