International Connectivity and Capacity

The region has had relatively poor cable connectivity to date, but bandwidth in undersea cables will expand dramatically in the next few years, perhaps producing a glut.

Intra-regional bandwidth is still lagging.

International Internet Links (mbps)

Major Undersea Cables

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

As of December 1999 171.2 190.04 91.2 55 52.8

By June 2001 592 160 20 400 80

Trans Atlantic Trans Pacific Europe-Africa-Asia Pan Am Caribbean Pan Asian

Source: Telegeography 2000, Telegeography, Inc., Washington DC, 2000.

Forthcoming Cables

Name In Service

Initial Capacity

(Gbps)

Upgraded Capacity (Gbps) Route

Arcos-1 Sep-01 15 2560

Fl, Caribb, N coast SA, E coast CA, Mexico

SA Crossing Mar-01 40 1280

Vir Isl, Braz, Arg, Chile, Peru, Col, Pan

360 Americas Jun-01 40 1280

NJ,Fl, Mex, Ven, Braz, Arg, Braz, Berm, NJ

Emergia Mar-01 40 1920

Fl, P Rico, Braz, Arg, Chile, Peru, Col, Guat, Fl

Mercus-1 Dec-01 80 2560

NJ, Florida, P Rico, Braz, Arg

Source: LatinCom, page 6-9., October 6 2000.

International IP Links

Vancouver

San Francisco

Dallas

Montreal

New York

Washington

Miami

Paris

Palermo

Cable Routes

Source: Telegeography 2000

Cable Landing Points

Argentina French Guyana Peru

Bermuda Grand Cayman Puerto Rico

Brazil Guatemala St. Croix

Chile Guyana St. Thomas

Colombia Honduras Suriname

Costa Rica Jamaica Trinidad

Curacao Martinique Uruguay

Dominican Republic Mexico Venezuela

Ecuador Panama Virgin Islands

El Salvador

Satellite Launches and Cost

Transatlantic submarine systems

International Telephone Company Investors in LA

American TeleSource Int'l. MCI WorldcomAndrew Corporation RSL CommunicationsAT&T SBC CommunicationsBell South SprintCable and Wireless (UK) Telecom Italia (Italy)Entel Chile Telefonica (Spain)First Comm Corp Teleglobe (Canada)France Telecom (France) Telscape InternationalGTE TexcomImpSat Corp. Argentina WorldTel (UK)IXC Communications WorldxChangeJustice Technology Corp.

WTO Basic Telecommunication Agreement Signatories (69 total)

Antigua & Barbuda EcuadorArgentina El SalvadorBelize GrenadaBolivia GuatemalaBrazil JamaicaChile MexicoColombia PeruDominica Trinidad & TobagoDominican Republic Venezuela