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In Colombia the undersea fiber network owned by América Movil ( operating under the Claro brand name ) lands in both Barranquilla and Cartagena .
San Andrés is a Caribbean archipelago consisting of the three inhabited islands of Providencia , Santa Catalina , and the largest , San Andrés with a population of approximately 60,000 .
América Movil , operating in Colombia as Claro , has announced that it has finished a 727km extension of its AMX-1 undersea fiber optic cable in the Caribbean Island of San Andrés , enhancing the island ’ s Internet connectivity and enabling 4G and 4.5G mobile telephony .
The San Andrés cable extension connects with the main submarine trunk that has been in place since 2013 and runs 17,500km connecting Colombia , Guatemala , Dominican Republic , Florida , Puerto Rico , Jamaica , Mexico and Brazil .
The islands suffered severe damage in 2020 by Hurricanes Eta and Iota . Providencia took a direct hit from which it is still undergoing reconstruction . For this reason , the arrival of the AMX-1 cable comes at an opportune moment to improve development opportunities .
Though Colombian territory , the islands are roughly 150 miles off the coast of Central America , and the native Raizal population speaks Creole English in addition to Spanish . The islands are popular with tourists , especially those from South America .
Carlos Centeno , President , Claro Colombia , said : “ For me , it is a source of extraordinary pride to be
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