SubCom has been awarded the design, manufacture, and installation of the MANTA system, a new subsea telecom cable system that will connect Mexico and the U.S. with Central and Latin America.

A press release said that Sparkle, Gold Data and Liberty Networks are the partners behind MANTA, which plans to improve traffic flow in the region by providing high bandwidth, low-latency routes interconnecting major data hubs in Mexico City, Queretaro, Bogota, and Panama City with the U.S. using new landing access points in Veracruz, Mexico, and San Blas, Florida.

SubCom will manufacture the fiber optic cable and other optical components for the MANTA system at its campus in Newington, New Hampshire, using open cable specifications that support up to 22 Tb/s per fiber pair (FP). All three consortium partners will access the northern portion of MANTA, connecting the U.S. to Mexico, and Sparkle will join Liberty Networks on the southern portion, accessing Panama and Colombia. MANTA, which will be approximately 5,400 km in length, consists of an up to 18 FP repeatered trunk segment.

“SubCom is honored to supply and deploy MANTA, which will provide a new reliable and resilient data route to a region that is seeing consistent demand for improved connectivity,” said SubCom CEO David Coughlan. “We look forward to delivering on the vision of the partners and making MANTA a reality.”