This marks a critical milestone in the creation of the first direct submarine connection between French Guiana and continental Europe. Marie-Lucienne Rattier, President of SPLANG, next to a repeater that will be part of the Lum@link system and ready to ship to Cayenne, French Guiana. About SPLANGThe Société Publique Locale pour l’Aménagement Numérique de la Guyane (SPLANG) (local public company for the digital development of French Guiana) is owned by the CTG (Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane) and other local authorities and municipalities of French Guiana. It is the local authorities’ operational arm for the digital development of French Guiana. If you’re financing telecom, energy, or digital infrastructure anywhere in the Caribbean, get a tech loan.