PAN AM (cable system)

This article is about the communications cable. For other uses, see Pan Am (disambiguation).

PAN-AM (Pan-American) is a submarine telecommunications cable system connecting the west coast of South America and the Caribbean, crossing the continent through Panama. It has a bandwidth of 5 Gbit/s.

It has landing points in:

• Arica, Arica Province, Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile
• Lurin, Lima Region, Peru
• Punta Carnero, Guayas Province, Ecuador
• Battery Pratt, Colón Province, Panama
• Barranquilla, Atlántico Department, Colombia
• Punto Fijo, Falcón State, Venezuela
• Baby Beach, Aruba
• St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

See also

• List of international submarine communications cables

References

• FCC Cable Landing Licence, fcc.gov, retrieved 2013-02-11