Caribbean Submarine Fiber Optics Report 2007

Table of Contents

• 1.1 Report aims
• 1.2 Report structure and methodology
• 1.3 Demand Forecasts
• 1.4 Opportunities

• 2.1 Purpose of the Report
• 2.2 Report Scope
• 2.3 Methodology

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Caribbean Overview
  • 3.2.1 North Caribbean
  • 3.2.2 West Caribbean
  • 3.2.3 East Caribbean
• 3.3 Caribbean Regional Cables
  • 3.3.1 Alonso de Ojeda
  • 3.3.2 Antillas-1
  • 3.3.3 Antilles Crossing
  • 3.3.4 Bahamas-2
  • 3.3.5 BDSNi
  • 3.3.6 BICS
  • 3.3.7 Calypso-1 (Proposed)
  • 3.3.8 Carac
  • 3.3.9 Cayman-Jamaica Fibre System
  • 3.3.10 Eastern Caribbean Fiber System
  • 3.3.11 Fibralink
  • 3.3.12 Gemini Bermuda
  • 3.3.13 Global Caribbean Network / Guadeloupe Numerique (GCN)
  • 3.3.14 Middle Caribbean Network / Martinique Numerique (MCN)
  • 3.3.15 North Caribbean Fiber (NCF) (Proposed)
  • 3.3.16 SMPR-1
  • 3.3.17 Southern Caribbean Fiber (SCF)
  • 3.3.18 Taino-Carib
  • 3.3.19 TransCaribbean Cable Network (TCCN)
  • 3.3.20 Trinidad-Curacao Sub Sea Fibre Project
  • 3.3.21 Venezuela - Cuba (Proposed)
• 3.4 Latin America-North America Ultra-long Haul Cables
  • 3.4.1 Americas-1
  • 3.4.2 Americas-2
  • 3.4.3 ARCOS
  • 3.4.4 GlobeNet
  • 3.4.5 Maya-1
  • 3.4.6 Pan American
  • 3.4.7 Pan American Crossing
  • 3.4.8 SAm-1 (formerly Emergia)
  • 3.4.9 South American Crossing

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Methodology & Assumptions
  • 4.2.1 Internet Methodology & Assumptions
  • 4.2.2 Corporate Data Demand Methodology & Assumptions
  • 4.2.3 Voice Traffic Demand Methodology & Assumptions
  • 4.2.4 Mobile Traffic Demand Methodology & Assumptions
  • 4.2.5 Submarine Cable Capacity Supply Methodology & Assumptions
• 4.3 Caribbean Country Profiles & Supply-Demand Forecasts
  • 4.3.1 Antigua & Barbuda
  • 4.3.2 Aruba
  • 4.3.3 Bahamas
  • 4.3.4 Barbados
  • 4.3.5 Bermuda
  • 4.3.6 Cayman Is.
  • 4.3.7 Cuba
  • 4.3.8 Dominica
  • 4.3.9 Dominican Rep.
  • 4.3.10 Grenada
  • 4.3.11 Guadeloupe
  • 4.3.12 Haiti
  • 4.3.13 Jamaica
  • 4.3.14 Martinique
  • 4.3.15 Netherlands Antilles
  • 4.3.16 Puerto Rico
  • 4.3.17 St. Kitts & Nevis
  • 4.3.18 St. Lucia
  • 4.3.19 St. Vincent & the Grenadines
  • 4.3.20 Trinidad & Tobago
  • 4.3.21 U.S. Virgin Islands
• 4.4 Regional Supply-Demand Balance Summary

• 5.1 Historical Perspective
• 5.2 Commercial Environment
• 5.3 Future Opportunities
• 5.4 Conclusions
  • 5.4.1 Suppliers
  • 5.4.2 Opportunities

• 6.1 Demand
  • 6.1.1 Leading Countries
  • 6.1.2 Demand Profile
  • 6.1.3 Access Speed vs. Bandwidth Usage
• 6.2 Competition
  • 6.2.1 De-regulation
  • 6.2.2 Competitive Strategies
• 6.3 Supply-Demand Balances
  • 6.3.1 North American Connectivity Supply-Demand Balances
  • 6.3.2 Intra-Regional Supply-Demand Balances
• 6.5 Planned Construction
  • 6.5.1 New North America-Latin America Systems
  • 6.5.2 New Regional Systems
• 6.6 Opportunities

• 1.1 Forecast Caribbean Demand for North American Submarine Cable Connectivity 2007-17
• 1.2 Forecast Caribbean Demand for Intra-Regional Submarine Cable Connectivity 2007-17
• 1.3 Forecast Breakdown of Caribbean Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User 2007-17
• 1.4 Forecast Breakdown of Caribbean Demand for Intra-Regional Submarine Capacity & Average Access Speed 2007-17
• 1.5 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Cable Connectivity in Leading Caribbean Countries 2007-17
• 1.6 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity in Leading Caribbean Countries 2007-17

• 3.1 Cable Map - North Caribbean Systems
• 3.2 Cable Map - West Caribbean Systems
• 3.3 Cable Map - East Caribbean Systems
• 3.4 Cable Map - BICS
• 3.5 Cable Map - Carac
• 3.6 Cable Map - Eastern Caribbean Fiber System
• 3.7 Cable Map - Fibralink System
• 3.8 Cable Map - Trinidad-Curacao Sub Sea Fibre Project
• 3.9 Cable Map - 360 Americas
• 3.10 Cable Map - Americas-1
• 3.11 Cable Map - Americas-2
• 3.12 Cable Map - ARCOS
• 3.13 Cable Map - Maya-1
• 3.14 Cable Map - Pan American
• 3.15Cable Map - Pan American Crossing
• 3.16 Cable Map - SAm-1
• 3.17 Cable Map - South American Crossing

• 4.1 Forecast Caribbean Dial-up & Broadband Penetration 2007-17
• 4.2 GDP per Head vs. Teledensity in Caribbean
• 4.3 Forecast Evolution of Average Broadband Access Speeds in Caribbean States 2007-17
• 4.4 Forecast Caribbean Average Access Speed (All Users) 2007-2017
• 4.5 Forecast Evolution of Optimal Application Bandwidth Requirements 2007-17
• 4.6 Forecast Caribbean Bandwidth per User by Country 2007-17
• 4.7 Forecast Trend in Caribbean Data Demand Satisfied by IP VPN 2007-17
• 4.8 Total Caribbean Voice Traffic Demand 1993-2003
• 4.9 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Antigua & Barbuda
• 4.10 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Antigua & Barbuda
• 4.11 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Aruba
• 4.12 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Aruba
• 4.13 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Bahamas
• 4.14 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Bahamas
• 4.15 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Barbados
• 4.16 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Barbados
• 4.17 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Bermuda
• 4.18 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Bermuda
• 4.19 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Cayman Islands
• 4.20 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Cayman Islands
• 4.21 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Cuba
• 4.22 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Cuba
• 4.23 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Dominica
• 4.24 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Dominica
• 4.25 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Dominican Rep.
• 4.26 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Dominican Rep.
• 4.27 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Grenada
• 4.28 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Grenada
• 4.29 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Guadeloupe
• 4.30 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Guadeloupe
• 4.31 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Haiti
• 4.32 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Haiti
• 4.33 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Jamaica
• 4.34 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Jamaica
• 4.35 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Martinique
• 4.36 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Martinique
• 4.37 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Netherlands Antilles
• 4.38 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Netherlands Antilles
• 4.39 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Puerto Rico
• 4.40 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Puerto Rico
• 4.41 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - St. Kitts & Nevis
• 4.42 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - St. Kitts & Nevis
• 4.43 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - St. Lucia
• 4.44 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - St. Lucia
• 4.45 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - St. Vincent & the Grenadines
• 4.46 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - St. Vincent & the Grenadines
• 4.47 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - Trinidad & Tobago
• 4.48 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - Trinidad & Tobago
• 4.49 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Connectivity & Average Bandwidth per User - US Virgin Islands
• 4.50 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity & Average Access Speed - US Virgin Islands
• 4.51 Forecast Total Cumulative Caribbean Demand for North American Connectivity 2007-17
• 4.52 Forecast Total Cumulative Caribbean Demand for Regional Submarine Connectivity 2007-17
• 4.35 Forecast Demand for North American Submarine Cable Connectivity in Leading Caribbean Countries 2007-17
• 4.54 Forecast Demand for Regional Submarine Capacity in Leading Caribbean Countries 2007-17
• 4.55 Profiles of Forecast Caribbean Demand for North American & Regional Submarine Cable Connectivity
• 4.56 Forecast Evolution of Average Caribbean Internet Access Speed and Bandwidth per User

• 5.1 Summary of Caribbean Commercial Environment (sorted by Submarine Capacity Demand Growth)

• 6.1 Unsatisfied Caribbean Demand for Direct North American connectivity by 2017
• 6.2 Unsatisfied Caribbean Demand for Intra-Regional Connectivity by 2017