Google’s foray into a $60 million undersea fiber optic cable construction project linking Florida to Brazil should help the search giant gain greater control of all aspects of Internet access while expanding its efforts to close the digital divide.

Google last week joined Brazilian company Algar Telecom and African operator Angola Cables in the undersea venture, which will cross 6,560 miles and link the Brazilian cities of Santos and Fortaleza with Boca Raton, Fla. Several reports described the agreement, which was first announced Oct. 10 in Portuguese by Brazilian financial newspaper Valor.

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