SAm-1 (South America-1) is an optical submarine communications cable. It started operations in 2000, connecting the United States, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Guatemala. In 2007, SAm-1 was extended to reach Ecuador and Colombia.
It has landing points in:
- Boca Raton, Florida, United States
 - Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
 - Fortaleza, Brazil
 - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 - Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
 - Las Toninas, Argentina
 - Valparaíso, Chile
 - Arica, Chile
 - Lurín District, Peru
 - Máncora, Peru
 - Puerto San José, Guatemala
 - Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
 - Salinas, Ecuador
 - Barranquilla, Colombia
 
When approved in 2000, SAm-1 was to consist of four fiber pairs initially operating at 40 Gbit/s in a self-healing ring configuration, expandable to 48 channels at 10 Gbit/s each, for a total design capacity of 480 Gbit/s, and with multiple upgrade capability using dense wavelength-division multiplexing up to 1.92 terabits per second.[1][2]
References
- ↑ "DA 00-1826 in the matter of Cable Landing License SCL-LIC-20000204-00003" (text). 2000-08-10. Retrieved 2006-07-25.
 - ↑ "DA 00-1826 in the matter of Cable Landing License SCL-LIC-20000204-00003" (Word). 2000-08-10. Retrieved 2006-07-25.
 
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