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.
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