Southern Caribbean Fiber
Southern Caribbean Fiber,, is an underwater 20 gigabit per second fiber optics ring network connecting several nations and overseas territories of the Caribbean Sea. The initial phase of construction extended from Needham's Point, Saint Michael, Barbados to Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands where it interconnects with Global Crossing's worldwide telecommunications network.
Originally built by TeleBarbados, it is one of the newer important network connections to the Internet for Barbados, the Windward and also Leeward Islands. The company began as a joint venture between Leucadia National Corporation and Barbados Light & Power Holdings Limited with plans to build out the network in four phases.
- Phase I links Barbados, to the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
- Phase II will see the linking of Barbados firstly to Tobago and then onward to Trinidad further south.
- Phase III will see the link from Trinidad traveling Northward to Grenada, Saint Vincent, and Saint Lucia.
- Phase IV will see a link extended from Saint Lucia Northward to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Kitts and Saint Croix in United States Virgin Islands
Original Stake holders
Participant countries
- Barbados
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States Virgin Islands
Facts
- USVI—Barbados: 940 km segment
- Total: 3000 km