Huawei has teamed up with Belize Telemedia Ltd. (BTL) to build an undersea cable system that will connect mainland Belize and San Pedro Island.

TheUS$13 million project, called the Strategic Evolution Underwater Link, is aimed at installing a 24km undersea cable system to enhance the connectivity to the country. The undersea cable will deliver a design capacity featuring 40 channels at 100G per fibre over 8-fibre pairs, resulting in up to 32Tbit/s, according to BNanericas. The design, flexible for future capacity upgrades, is a huge boost to high-speed mobile services in Belize. 

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The undersea cable is the main approach of BTL to modernize its mobile and landline network to significantly improve broadband connectivity and quality across the country. The modernization project includes deploying LTE (4G) mobile service and fiber to residential and businesses buildings (FTTX) in San Pedro, Belize's largest and fastest growing tourist area.

“We have made it our mission to put Belize in the top three in the region in terms of connectivity and broadband speeds. The Strategic Evolution Underwater Link is another step in achieving our goal, along with the build out of nationwide 4G LTE,” said Anwar Barrow, chairman of Belize Telemedia’s executive committee.

Huawei said the project is scheduled to start this summer, with an expected completion date in the second quarter of 2017, Capacity Media reported. 

Earlier this year, Huawei and BTL announced the roll-out of its nationwide 4G LTE network, which is expected to be launched in December this year.

TagsHuawei, Belize Telemdia, Undersea Cable System, 32Tbit/s cable, 4G Network, broadband connectivity, Caribbean, Central America