All three consortium partners will access the northern portion of MANTA, connecting the U.S. to Mexico, and Sparkle will join Liberty Networks on the southern portion, accessing Panama and Colombia.
Estimated at 5,400 km in length, MANTA consists of an up to 18 fiber pair repeated trunk segment connecting San Blas, Florida, with Cartagena, Colombia, with branches to Veracruz, Mexico, North Miami, Florida, Cancun, Mexico, and Maria Chiquita, Panama, plus a stubbed branching unit facing the Cayman Islands for future traffic expansion.
“With this new infrastructure in place and operational, MANTA will address the increasing demands for high-speed connectivity while enhancing data center interconnectivity across the Americas,” said Ray Collins, SVP of Infrastructure and Corporate Strategy at Liberty Latin America, Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle, and Renato Tradardi, CEO of Gold Data in a joint statement.
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