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Undersea cable upgrade announced
Flow Cayman has said the islands’ connectivity is getting a major boost with an upcoming upgrade by Liberty Network to the MAYA-1 subsea cable system which is expected to deliver faster speeds, greater resilience and stronger reliability for homes and businesses.
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Operator says subsea Maya cable overhaul secures Cayman’s digital future
A multi-million dollar upgrade to Cayman’s main subsea cable will help secure the island’s digital connectivity for at least the next decade, according to telecoms giant Liberty Networks.
The improvements to the ageing Maya-1 cable come amid increasing anxiety about the island’s tech infrastructure and resilience.
The reconfigured cable system, branded Maya 1.2, should allay public fears about the threat of a digital blackout, Liberty Networks’ Carmine Sorrentino, chief commercial and operating officer, said in an interview.
He said the upgrades would improve quality, increase internet speeds and bolster national resilience. And he insisted the idea that the cable would have been ‘retired’ without an alternative was a ‘myth’.
The specific costs were not revealed but the project is part of a $250m investment in regional subsea cables.
