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# EllaLink launches EU funded Caribbean Gateway cable from French Guiana
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-29-ellalink-caribbean-gateway-french-guiana/
- Published: 2026-09-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T03:54:02.000Z
- Description: EllaLink launched the Caribbean Gateway, extending its EUR 29.9 million CEF Digital funded Lum@link cable from French Guiana into the Caribbean. The system will give the French overseas territory a direct fibre route to Europe by 2029.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [EllaLink press release via GlobeNewswire, 29 September 2026](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/29/3371081/0/en/ellalink-launches-the-caribbean-gateway-initiative.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the wider Caribbean segments beyond Lum@link have secured funding or construction contracts.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who operates. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 1 of 3 (small), Verified counts in full: weight +4 of 36 possible. EU-funded EllaLink (EU firm) builds/operates cable; full EU route only by 2029. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)