National ICT Strategic Plan Government of St Kitts and Nevis CARANA Report (page50) Fibre Optic Backbone Networks There are currently 21 fibre optic submarine cable systems in the Caribbean. Of these, thirteen primarily serve the region. The other six serve other regions (mainly South America) but have landing points in the Caribbean. (See Figure 25 and Table 26). The combined total capacity of the thirteen “Caribbean” cables at the time of their construction was about 70 Gbps. Their combined potential capacity, however, is nearly 3 Terabits/second (Tbps) due largely to the huge potential capacity of ARCOS cable system. Of these fibre optic backbone networks, two land in St. Kitts and Nevis: The ECFS as can be seen from the table below. The other, Global Caribbean Network (GCN), was landed early in 2006. Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Development, Information and Technology November, 2006 20