The Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) is a fiber optic submarine communications cable of 8,400 kilometers that extends between the United States, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico. Because of its length, it was divided in two phases: Phase 1 being in service since September 2001 and Phase II since March 2002. The cable system was set in a ring configuration and is operated on a non-common carrier basis. Carriers (incomplete) Columbus Networks (Formerly- New World Network) Telecomunicaciones Ultramarinas de Puerto Rico (TUPR or ULTRACOM) Landing points North Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. Cancún, Mexico Tulum, Mexico Ladyville, Belize Puerto Barrios, Guatemala Puerto Cortés, Honduras Trujillo, Honduras Puerto Lempira, Honduras Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua Bluefields, Nicaragua Puerto Limón, Costa Rica Maria Chiquita, Panama Ustupo, Panama Cartagena, Colombia Riohacha, Colombia Punto Fijo, Venezuela Willemstad, Curaçao San Juan, Puerto Rico Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Crooked Island, Bahamas Cat Island, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas See also ECFS (cable system) External links ARCOS-1 Cable Landing License as adopted by the Federal Communications Commission ARCOS-1 Transfer of Control (PDF) as adopted by the Federal Communications Commission Liberty Latin America Submarine communications cables in the Caribbean Sea Wide area networks 2001 establishments in North America