Alcatel-Lucent and America Movil are actively constructing America Movil 1 (AMX-1) submarine cable system. The 17,500 km submarine cable system is specifically designed for 100G transmission. Spanning over transoceanic distances, from the US to Central America and Brazil, the AMX-1 System will enable America Movil to provide international connectivity to all its subsidiaries.
The AMX-1 System will connect seven countries with eleven landing points: Miami and Jacksonville (United States), Barranquilla and Cartagena (Colombia), Fortaleza, Salvador & Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic), Cancun (Mexico), San Juan (Puerto Rico) and Puerto Barrios (Guatemala).
Cable route and landing surveys are complete and manufacturing of cable and repeaters is well underway. Commercial operation of the network comprising the AMX-1 System is planned to start in late 2013.
Alcatel-Lucent will deliver the project including operation and maintenance of the AMX-1 System. The AMX-1 System will integrate Alcatel-Lucent OALC-4 cable optimized with coherent submarine fiber (CSF), repeaters, branching units and the 1620 Light Manager (LM) submarine line terminal equipped with Advanced Coherent technology and offering unique Optical Add and Drop (OADM) flexibility to increase AMX-1 System’s direct connectivity to countries in the Americas. Also, the Alcatel-Lucent 1620 LM is designed to accommodate 10G/40G/100G wavelengths in the same platform, enabling seamless capacity upgrade on flexible grid for channel spacing without traffic interruption.
Maintenance will be performed under Alcatel-Lucent’s Atlantic Private Maintenance Agreement (APMA) which currently maintains over 100,000 km of critical submarine cable infrastructure in the Atlantic Ocean. As part of the services offered, Alcatel-Lucent will also launch an enhanced cable awareness program to ensure collaboration of maritime and port authorities, fishing bodies and other seabed users in protecting the cable.
