America Movil launches undersea fibre optic cable in Colombia

America Movil has inaugurated its undersea fibre-optic cable system AMX-1 in Colombia. The submarine fibre-optic network has an extension of 17,800 km.

The network has 11 landing points in seven countries. They include Miami and Jacksonville (US), Barranquilla and Cartagena (Colombia), Fortaleza, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic), Cancun (Mexico), San Juan (Puerto Rico), and Puerto Barrios (Guatemala).

Colombia is connected to Arcos-1, Pan-Am, CFX-1, Maya-1, SAM-1, AMX-1, Globenet, PCCS and SAC-LAN undersea fibre-optic cable systems.