Americas II
AMERICAS-II is a fiber optic submarine communications cable that carries telecommunications between Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Curaçao, Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana (both through Cayenne), and Brazil.[1] It has been in service since August 2000[1] and is operated on a common carrier basis.
AMERICAS-II consists of three interconnected rings (North, South, and West Systems), each operating at 2.5 gigabits per second ( Gbit/s), initially in separate collapsed ring configurations, and a dedicated link between Curaçao and Venezuela not operating in a collapsed ring configuration. Each fiber pair in each of the three systems will have a capacity of thirty-two 155 megabits per second ( Mbit/s) OC-3 (BSM), with each BSM containing 63 (MIUs) and equipped at the outset for a capacity of 1008 MIUs. Its initial total rate of 40 Gbit/s[1] increased in 2009 to 160 Gbit/s and again 2010 to an unknown rate.[2]
Landing points[]
- Fortaleza, Brazil
- Cayenne, French Guiana
- Chaguaramas, Trinidad
- , Venezuela
- Willemstad, Curaçao
- Le Lamentin, Martinique
- Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Miramar, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Hollywood, Florida, United States
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "France Télécom inaugure le câble sous-marin en fibre optique AMERICAS-II - L'Atelier BNP Paribas". L'Atelier BNP Paribas (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ Schéma Directeur Territorial d’Aménagement Numérique de la Région Guyane (PDF). Regional Council of French Guiana. 2015. p. 34.
External links[]
- AMERICAS-II Cable Landing License as adopted by the Federal Communications Commission.
- Tyco International Ltd. - Lead Supplier in US$310 Million Americas II Supply Contract press release from Tyco International April 1998
- Embratel Inaugurates Americas II Cable October 2000
- Submarine communications cables in the Caribbean Sea
- Submarine communications cables in the South Atlantic Ocean