Seahorse-1 pan-Caribbean undersea cable expected in 2013

The planned Seahorse-1 submarine fiber-optic cable linking Miami, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and potentially Cuba, rearranged its rollout schedule, BNamericas reported, according to TeleGeography CommsUpdate.

Cobian International, the parent of the system’s developer Triton Telecom, acquired the rights to the Seahorse project that originally was developed by the Trans-Caribbean Cable Company (TCCC) consortium.

Phase one of the rollout was pushed back from 2009 and is now due in January 2011, when a direct route will connect Miami to Kingston, Jamaica. From there the optical ring will continue from Ocho Rios in Jamaica to the Dominican Republic, and then on to Puerto Rico and Miami, with completion set for early 2013.