Columbus Networks has announced it is installing a new multi-million dollar undersea fiber route that will link Colombia directly to Florida.

Columbus Networks’ Colombia-Florida Sub Sea Fibre Project, dubbed CFX-1, includes more than 2,400 kilometers of high-strength, high-capacity fiber-optic cable and will have a branch into Jamaica. It seamlessly connects with the ARCOS-1 undersea ringed network forming two large sub-rings for alternate routing and redundancy. The express link will have three new landing stations in Cartagena, Colombia, Morant Point, Jamaica, and Boca Raton, Fla., USA.  Columbus Networks awarded the contract for building the network to Tyco Telecommunications.