Kingston, Jamaica: LIME Caribbean today announced the planned installation of a new undersea cable system linking the western Caribbean, Jamaica & Cayman Islands, to the Dominican Republic, a key market in the region, before landing in the east in the British Virgin Islands.
The new “East-West” cable, as it has been named, will deliver increased regional and international capacity, in addition to furnishing an additional route to serve LIME’s carrier customers in North and Latin America. Commercial operations are expected to start by early 2011.
The landing of LIME’s East-West cable in the Dominican Republic positions LIME as an alternative solution provider in a market that is largely underserved. LIME’s entry into the Dominican Republic market will drive competitive pricing, provide a third international cable to the country thereby producing greater international cable resiliency, and deliver the best value and quality of service. This will further strengthen LIME’s position as the regional hub for international capacity.
Moreover, the direct benefits to LIME’s operations in Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgins Islands will be derived from growth in the wholesale markets. The Caribbean is a major traffic corridor between South America and the major Internet, content and carrier hubs in the Unites States – acknowledged as one of the fastest growing inter-continental routes in the world today.
The East-West cable will also enable LIME Jamaica operations to meet the rising demand for high-speed bandwidth. The added diversity and resilience provided by the new undersea cable brings a strong second connection to the Internet by way of the CBUS cable in New York – a vital connection in the event of an issue on the current Maya connection to Miami.
As increased broadband speeds (8Mb or more) become more popular across the world, the East-West Cable is designed to provide greater international cable resiliency, meet the expected Internet demand required to support growing customer needs and facilitate the expansion in Internet penetration in the Caribbean Region, particularly in the Dominican Republic. In addition, this diverse route reduces the dependency on the Miami/USA cable system for high speed Internet bandwidth, and provides direct connectivity to Central & South America via the Jamaican connection.
LIME, which operates in 13 Caribbean countries, and soon to grow to 14 with the addition of the Dominican Republic, has been in the region for more than 100 years, has the largest and most diverse cable asset holdings in the Caribbean region and will continue to grow and augment these critical assets to increase its international submarine assets in the region.
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