Through the agreement signed between Claro and the Rio de Janeiro Subway, Amtore installed the new optical cable network intended to support the backbone for communications during the 2016 Olympics. This new network enabled the transmission of images and data from the main competition venues, as well as becoming as a legacy for the expansion of the infrastructure of the Claro network in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Around the beginning of the millennium, Amtore already accumulated dozens of projects for the implementation of fiber optic networks, mainly in partnerships signed with the Rio de Janeiro Metro, having as clients the telecommunications companies that emerged after the opening of the Brazilian market to the private sector in 1995. The main ones involved the construction of networks for intelig, impsat, metrorede, global crossing and vivo.

This background made it possible for Amtore to sign an exclusive agreement with the Rio de Janeiro Metro, signed in 2005, with the aim of implementing, maintaining and managing dark fiber networks for use by companies from different segments related to the technology area.

This agreement, still in action, establishes that Amtore will, with its own resources, build and manage a network of optical cables with an extension of more than 50 kilometers, for commercial purposes, in the lease of erased fibers to internet providers, media companies, datacenters, telecommunications operators and other potential customers related to data communication, image transmission and associated services.

Through this network are connected data centers, voice and data transport services for telecommunications operators, live video transmission for TV stations, mission-critical security and surveillance systems, data traffic from several free Hotspots for internet access, interconnection of repeaters for mobile telephony and exchanged communication systems, in addition to other functionalities.

In 2007 Amtore was hired by AES COM to carry out a survey and prepare a technical report on the conditions of the cable infrastructure, installed in 2002 in the Zuzu Angel Tunnel – in the Metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, for the network constructed jointly between AT&T, INTELIG and VIVO between Gávea and Barra da Tijuca.

The technical report aimed to verify the conditions of the infrastructure and check for possible corrosion that could have occurred during the 5 years that the infrastructure had been installed in the Tunnel. Since no significant damage was found on that occasion, the infrastructure was cleared for AES COM to install new cables along the route.

In 2004 Amtore was hired by TELESP to install 22 km of optical cables between Nova Dutra and the Teleport of Rio de Janeiro, with the intent of installing the last mile of land redundancy, for the existing Submarine Cable between the coast of São Paulo and the city of Rio de Janeiro.
This new network, with a capacity for 30 Gbps links, would reinforce the availability of data traffic between the largest Brazilian capitals. This project which included the cable installation, splicing and testing were classified as an emergency by TELESP, was carried out by Amtore teams in a total period of less than 20 days.

In 2003: The elaboration of the detailed executive project and provision of services related to the installation of 70 km of optical cables in the IMPSAT 2000 primary ring and the metropolitan transport network of Global Crossing in the City of Rio de Janeiro. All this infrastructure was installed to serve the metropolitan rings of the access network and last mile of the long distance network between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo for IMPSAT, as well as the interconnection between the Data Center and the Cable Landing Station of Global Crossing in Rio de Janeiro. After the installation, Amtore was responsible for the preventive, corrective and emergency maintenance of part of the IMPSAT optical network in Rio de Janeiro, for 4 years, composed of 45 km of optical cables installed in ducts and trays of the Rio Subway. Currently the entire network is being operated and maintained by CIRION.

In 2000: Elaboration of the detailed executive project and provision of services related to: installation of 13,000m of optical cables of the Rio Subway section of the metropolitan transport and access rings between Copacabana and Estácio in the City of Rio de Janeiro.
In 2000: Elaboration of the detailed executive project and provision of services related to: installation of 2,000m of underground galleries and optical cables for interconnection of POP TELEMAR ARCOS with the metropolitan network of INTELIG in downtown Rio de Janeiro. In 2001: Elaboration of the detailed executive
project and provision of services related to: installation of 1,000m of underground galleries and
optical cables for interconnection of the PONTOCONDOMINIO DATA CENTER with the metropolitan
network of INTELIG in the neighborhood of Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2002: Elaboration of a detailed executive project for the construction of galleries and
underground boxes for optical cables between Gávea and Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro, totaling
10,000m of galleries enveloped in concrete. The Project, the result of a partnership between AT&T,
INTELIG and VIVO, was one of the pioneering initiatives to reduce costs for the implementation of
shared networks between telecommunications operators in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
In 2003: Elaboration of the detailed executive project and provision of services related to:
installation of 3,000m of optical cables for duplication of the interconnection ring of POP INTELIG
ROCHA with the Rio-São Paulo long distance network of INTELIG in the north of Rio de Janeiro.

In 2001: Elaboration of installation, infrastructure and routing projects for 144 fiber optical cable; planning and management of work; civil and mechanical assembly of infrastructure; installation of optical cables; and installation of junction boxes with optical fusion splices. The extension of these services, contracted under TURN-KEY, covers approximately 45 km, with the installation of 90 km of rodent resistant optical cables, aiming to implement part of MetroRED’s distribution network in Rio de Janeiro, which uses lines 1 and 2 of the subway. After the installation, Amtore was responsible for the preventive, corrective and emergency maintenance of the entire optical network of METRORED in Rio de Janeiro, for 5 years, composed of 200 km of optical cables installed in underground ducts and trays. Currently the entire network is being operated and maintained by OI/TIM.

In 2000: Elaboration of detailed executive project, supply of materials and execution of services for the construction of galleries, installation of ducts and optical cables between Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi through the RIO-NITERÓI BRIDGE, totaling 17 km of high capacity optical network. Galleries were installed to support 7 cables with 144 fibers that depart from Avenida do Contorno in Niterói, crossing the bridge, Av. Rio de Janeiro, Rua Francisco Bicalho and Av. Presidente Vargas until they reach the Teleporto of Rio de Janeiro. This network, currently used by INTERNEXA, is one of the few alternatives available for interconnecting Niterói and São Gonçalo with Rio de Janeiro, through Guanabara Bay.

Installation of Metropolitan Optical Systems

In 1998: Elaboration of the detailed project and execution of complementary services for interconnection of customers to the 2.5Gbps optical ring, operated by EMBRATEL in Rio de Janeiro between the stations of Saens Pena and Cardeal Arcoverde of the Rio Subway.

• Assembly and installation of 10 Optical Distributors for 288 fibers each;
• installation of 144 fiber optical cables;
• Installation of trays in tunnels and Technical Rooms.

In 1999: Elaboration of the detailed project and execution of the installation of 42,000m of dielectric optical cables with 36 single-mode fibers for the EMBRATEL network, using line 1 of the Metro/RJ, between the stations of Saens Pena and Cardeal Arcoverde.

In 1999: Elaboration of the detailed project and execution of the installation of 3,500m of dielectric optical cables with 36 single-mode fibers, in a gallery of underground ducts, to serve the Torre do Rio Sul; to EMBRATEL’s POP at Rua Alexandre Mackenzie; and the PETROBRAS building on Av. Chile.