ANTILLAS I

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ANTILLAS I is a fiber optic submarine communications cable that extends between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. It has been in service since June 1997 and is operated on a common carrier basis.

ANTILLAS I uses digital channels operating at 64 kilobits per second (kbit/s) that allow over 15,000 simultaneous calls without multiplexing. It consists of six working optical fiber pairs with each fiber pair carrying four 155 Mbit/s Basic System Modules (BSMs), with each BSM containing sixty-three Minimum Investment Units (MIUs), for a total capacity, on each fiber pair, of 252 MIUs.^{[clarification needed]}

Carriers

• AT&T Corporation (AT&T)
• GTE Hawaiian Telephone Company Incorporated (HTC)
• IDB WorldCom Services (WorldCom)
• International Telecommunications Corporation (ITC)
• MCI International
• Pacific Gateway Exchange (PGE)
• Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint)
• Telecomunicaciones Ultramarinas de Puerto Rico (TUPR or ULTRACOM)
• Telefónica International Wholesale Services (TIWS)
• The St. Thomas and San Juan Telephone Company (STSJ)

Landing points

• Cacique, Dominican Republic
• Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico
• Miramar, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

External links

• Official website
• AMERICAS-II Cable Landing License as adopted by the Federal Communications Commission