SMPR-1 (cable system)
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St. Maarten Puerto Rico-1 or SMPR-1 is a non-repeated submarine telecommunications cable system
of 375 km which uses Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology to link St. Maarten and Puerto Rico
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It has landing points
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The initial capacity on the SMPR-1 is 2.5 Gbit/s and is expandable to 20 Gbit/s.
Submarine communications cable
A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean....
of 375 km which uses Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology to link St. Maarten and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
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It has landing points
Cable landing point
A cable landing point is the location where a submarine or other underwater cable makes landfall. The term is most often used for the landfall points of submarine telecommunications cables and submarine power cables. The landing will either be direct or via a branch from a main cable using a...
in:
- St. Maarten International Telephone company (SMITCOM)'s facilities in St. Maarten
- UltracomULTRACOMULTRACOM — or Telecomunicaciones Ultramarinas de Puerto Rico in Spanish— is a telecommunications corporation that manages satellite and submarine communications cable systems connected to Puerto Rico. It is jointly owned by PREPA.Net and Telefonica S.A...
's facilities in Isla VerdeIsla Verde, Puerto RicoIsla Verde is a District of Carolina located east of Santurce next to the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport above the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge...
, Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
The initial capacity on the SMPR-1 is 2.5 Gbit/s and is expandable to 20 Gbit/s.