Sunday, June 19, 2022 ((rezonodwes.com)) – Unlike the Republic of Haiti, the Dominican Republic has managed to be connected and benefit from the submarine fiber optic networks of the two largest telecommunications companies sharing the Latin American and Caribbean market: Cable &Wireless Communication et America Movil (Claro).
These two incumbent operators in the region are in direct competition with Digicel in several telecom markets in the Latin America and Caribbean zone.
They never digested the fact that in the early 2000s, Denis O’Brien came to impose Digicel as a leading Telecom operator in the region while dispossessing them of significant market shares.
Today, Cable & Wireless Communications and America Movil are taking historic revenge on Digicel due, in particular, to the following facts:
- The reduction, in favor of IP (Internet Protocol) networks, of the importance of voice communication and switched networks which made Digicel happy and strong in the early 2000s
- The purchase of ” Colombus International », the Telecom operator owning the largest fiber optic cable network in the Americas and the Caribbean for 2.3 billion USD by Cable & Wireless instead of Digicel in 2015. A major fact that changed the destiny of Digicel.
- An undeclared strategic alliance between America Mobil (CLARO) and Cable & Wireless to counter the influence of Digicel in the area.
The presence of various fiber optic networks, both “C&W Networks” and “CLARO” is also an expression of this strategic alliance against Digicel in the country of Abinader.
And Natcom, voluntarily or involuntarily, finds itself, like an instrument, at the heart of this strategy which aims to reduce to a minimum the influence in the Zone of the company of Denis O’Brien which was recently forced to abandon Panama. precisely because of this Claro/Cable & Wireless alliance.
At least four (4) submarine cable networks of “C&W Networks” operated or owned by Cable & Wireless Communications and at least two fiber optic networks of America Movil (Claro) are present in the Dominican territory.
Indeed, with the aim of bridging the digital divide through a significant increase in Internet and data capacity offered to the Dominican people, submarine fiber optic networks with the following characteristics connect cities in the Dominican Republic to the whole world .
- The Caribbean network 1
RFS YEAR: 1995
COUNTRIES CONNECTED: Puerto Rico & Dominican Republic
LENGHT OF SYSTEM: 600 Km
OWNERSHIP MODEL: Consortium
FIBER COUNT: (4-6) Fiber Pair
FIBER TYPES: SMF (Single MorePure Silica) on Repeaterless
# OF SEGMENTS: 4
TECHNOLOGY VENDORS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED: Xtera
LONGEST DLS: 3 ms
CURRENT LIT CAPACITY: 90 Gbits/s
CURRENT EOL (END OF LIFE) CAPACITY: 1.2 Tbits/s
RFS YEAR: 2001
COUNTRIES CONNECTED:USA (North Miami Beach),Bahamas,Turks and Caicos,Dominican Republic,Puerto Rico,Curacao,Venezuela,Colombia,Panama,Costa Rica,Nicaragua,Honduras,Guatemala,Belize,Mexico
LENGTH OF SYSTEM: 8700 Km
OWNERSHIP MODEL: Consortium
FIBER COUNT: (12) Fiber Pair on Repeaterless Segments,(3) Fiber Pair on Repeatered Segments
FIBER TYPES: SMF (Singe Mode) and PSF (Pure Silica) on Repeaterless,HDF/LMF/NDSF on Repeatered Segments
# OF SEGMENTS: 26
TECHNOLOGY VENDORS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED: Xtera,Coriant,TE Subcom Latency on
LONGEST DLS: 50
CURRENT LIT CAPACITY: 450 Gbits/s
CURRENT EOL (END OF LIFE) CAPACITY: 8.4 Tbits/s
3– The East-West Cable (EWC) network
RFS YEAR: 2011 :
COUNTRIES CONNECTED: Tortola BVI,Dominican Republic & Jamaica
LENGHT OF SYSTEM: 1700 Km
OWNERSHIP MODEL: Private
FIBER COUNT: (2) Fiber Pair on all Repeatered Segments
FIBER TYPES: HDF/LMF/NDSF on Repeatered Segments
# OF SEGMENTS: 2
TECHNOLOGY VENDORS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED: Xtera
LONGEST DLS: 17 ms
CURRENT LIT CAPACITY: 40 Gbits/s
CURRENT EOL (END OF LIFE) CAPACITY: 2.5 Tbits/s
RFS YEAR: 2006
COUNTRIES CONNECTED: Dominican Republic,Jamaica &Haiti (2012)
LENGTH OF SYSTEM: 1100 Km
OWNERSHIP MODEL: Private
FIBER COUNT: (3) Fiber Pair on Repeatered Segments
FIBER TYPES: HDF/LMF/NDSF
# OF SEGMENTS: 4
TECHNOLOGY VENDORS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED: ASN Latency on Longest DLS:11ms
LONGEST DLS: 45 ms
CURRENT LIT CAPACITY: 40 Gbits/s
CURRENT EOL (END OF LIFE) CAPACITY: 7.2 Tbits/s
- America Movil’s AMX-1 Network (Clear)
The America Movil System-1 (AMX-1) submarine cable is a 17,800 kilometer undersea fiber optic communications cable that stretches between the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Brazil.
America Movil-1 (AMX-1) Submarine Cable System
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Premier trafic : RFS 2014
Owners) : América Móvil
The submarine cable represents an investment of 500 million dollars. It connects five countries (Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Brazil) and one territory (Puerto Rico) with the United States. The cable is 17,500 kilometers long and terminates in Miami, Florida.
Landing points
Barranquilla, Colombia
Cancun, Mexico
Cartagena, Colombia
Fortress, Brazil
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Miami, Florida, United States
Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Salvador, Brazil
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
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