20 January 2025
Telecom Review - Sparkle Extends Its American Backbone with MANTA
MANTA will be the first international submarine cable in the Gulf of Mexico, connecting Mexico and the USA with Central and Latin America. The system is estimated to be 5,600km long and designed to support a minimum of 20Tb per fiber pair.
With new landing access points in Veracruz, Mexico, and Apalachee, Florida, the MANTA system aims to improve traffic flow in the region by providing new lowlatencyroutes to interconnect major data hubs in Mexico City, Queretaro, Bogota, and Panama City with the USA. The new subsea cable system is expected to be operational by 2027.