Liberty Networks and CANTV have launched Fénix, a new 378km submarine cable system designed to strengthen international connectivity for Venezuela through a direct link between Camuri, near Caracas, and Willemstad, Curaçao.
The network will deliver a minimum ring capacity of 14Tbps and integrate with Liberty Networks’ regional submarine cable infrastructure across Latin America and the Caribbean.
By connecting to Liberty Networks’ IP hub in Curaçao and linking with CANTV’s Festoon submarine cable, Fénix is expected to reduce latency to major digital content while improving resilience, capacity and service reliability for businesses and consumers. The Curaçao hub also provides access to the NAP of the Americas in Miami through multiple submarine cable systems including ARCOS, EC-Link, Jerry Newton and PCCS.
The companies said the project strengthens Venezuela’s international communications infrastructure by adding route diversity and new interconnection options. Fénix also integrates with the ARCOS-1 east and west systems at Punto Fijo and border connections through Cúcuta and Maicao into landing stations at Cartagena.
Ray Collins, CEO, Liberty Networks, said the integration demonstrated the companies’ long-term commitment to Venezuela while expanding capacity and regional connectivity.
CANTV Vice President of Technology and Infrastructure Colmenares M. said the system created a new international gateway serving the Caracas region, which carries more than 40% of the country’s international traffic.
The deployment supports 100G and 400G interfaces, offers latency below four milliseconds to Curaçao and provides up to 14Tbps of capacity in each direction supporting future digital growth across government enterprise education healthcare and consumers.
