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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 09:58
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 Cuba, Jamaica and Venezuela was recently described in this capital as an important step toward Latin American and Caribbean independence in telecommunications.
Waldo Reboredo, vice-president of Telecomunicaciones Gran Caribe S.A., the company in charge of putting this service into operation, said that the vast majority of the optical fiber cables used in the region to communicate with the rest of the world and even part of national cables belong to the United States.
This means an almost absolute dependence of Latin America on the United States in the field of telecommunications, he said, adding that this new way of transferring information will be at the disposal of all countries in the region, including those making up the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA).
The installation of the cable is scheduled for 2010, and the beginning of operations for the first trimester of 2011, announced the official.
The new technology, with a useful life estimated at 25 years, will multiply Cuba's current data transmission capacity by 3,000 as compared to the one it currently has by satellite, and will reduce costs by 20 percent.
The cable's estimated length is 1,552 kilometers and it will be anchored to a point close to La Guaira port, in Venezuela, and to Siboney beach, 23 kilometers away from eastern Santiago de Cuba city.
The second segment of the system will connect a point in the northern Jamaican coast with the aforementioned Cuban locality.
Among the project's benefits, the expert mentioned an improvement in the quality of
communications, a substantial increase in data transmission speed and the possibility of exchanges between countries.
This will make long distance medical attention and cultural and educational exchanges
possible, that is, it will have an economic and social impact on these countries, said Reboredo.
Due to the US blockade, Cuba is the only Latin American nation lacking optical fiber connection. (acn)
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