WUHAN, China — Oct. 3, 2025
The Broadband Development Congress (BDC) São Paulo 2025, organized by the World Broadband Association (WBBA) with sponsorship from Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC), was held on October 1. Reinaldo Jeronymo, General Manager of YOFC South LATAM, delivered the keynote address “AI-Driven Fibre Network: Unlocking Smarter Growth for LATAM,” outlining how YOFC is deploying advanced optical communications technologies to build AI-ready infrastructure, close the digital divide and drive sustainable growth across Latin America.
Demand for reliable, high-speed connectivity continues to grow, and the expansion of optical fibre networks across Latin America is central to the region’s digital transformation and the rollout of AI-driven applications. Yet complex geography, rainforest conditions, high investment needs and local technology gaps remain significant barriers to universal connectivity and full participation in the digital economy.
Guided by its mission “Smart Link Better Life,” YOFC is advancing optical-fibre innovation with products and solutions tailored to diverse deployment scenarios. Through strategic investments and focused R&D, YOFC is delivering technologies such as G.654.E optical fibre, multi-core optical fibre, advanced multimode fibre and hollow-core optical fibre to build ultra-high-speed networks with large capacity, ultra-low latency and minimal signal loss. These technologies support everything from long-haul transport networks to hyperscale data centre interconnects.
Hollow-core optical fibre — a notable breakthrough in optical communications — transmits light through an air core, enabling transmission speeds up to roughly 47% faster and reducing latency by about 31% compared with traditional solid-core fibre. This capability shows strong potential for AI computing centre interconnects, low-latency financial trading, and large-scale AI model training and inference.
Reinaldo highlighted YOFC’s regional partnerships with major telecom operators and ecosystem players to deliver products, solutions and technical expertise aimed at closing the connectivity gap. “In Mexico, YOFC is actively contributing to high-speed broadband rollouts and FTTH upgrades,” he said. “The FTTH initiative includes deployment of approximately 150,000 kilometres of optical cable by 2028, targeting about 20 million households.”
He added, “In Peru, YOFC supports the national broadband initiative by extending high-capacity infrastructure to schools, hospitals, police stations and remote communities. The work includes more than 8,000 kilometres of optical cable across over 4,000 locations, significantly enhancing broadband coverage and stimulating local economic growth.”
“As artificial intelligence transforms industries across the board, YOFC remains committed to innovation as a catalyst for progress,” Reinaldo concluded. “We are dedicated to providing high-performance, reliable and scalable optical-fibre technologies that empower Latin America’s connected future. When AI meets fibre, LATAM unlocks vast new possibilities.”
Source: YOFC