ANTILLAS I is a

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submarine communications cable that extends between the

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and

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. It has been in service since June 1997 and is operated on a

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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.

Carriers

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(AT&T) * GTE Hawaiian Telephone Company Incorporated (HTC) * IDB WorldCom Services (

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) * International Telecommunications Corporation (ITC) * MCI International * Pacific Gateway Exchange (PGE) *

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(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,

* Isla Verde, Carolina,

* Miramar, San Juan,

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External links

*
AMERICAS-II Cable Landing License
as adopted by the

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