Trans Americas Seeks Temporary OK for Parts of TAM-1 Sub Cable Network

As its cable landing license application is processed, Trans Americas Fiber (TAF) in the meantime is asking the FCC for special temporary authority to build and test portions of the TAM-1 submarine cable system in U.S. territory. In an application posted Friday, TAF said that without such authority, "connectivity on the TAM-1 system would likely be delayed at significant cost" to it. The 7,010-kilometer TAM-1 would connect Florida, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama.