The “final splice” for the mutli-million dollar Regional East/West Cable being installed by LIME will be made in Kingston Harbour waters between tomorrow and Friday.

The cable-laying ship — Rene Descartes — arrives in Jamaican waters tomorrow and the final lengths of cable will be laid and spliced between Thursday morning and Friday afternoon, LIME announced in a press release yesterday.

The firm said that the new undersea cable system, which is expected to be operational by mid-January 2011, will link Jamaica to the British Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic and will deliver increased regional and international capacity, in addition to furnishing an additional route into North, Central and South America.

“As increased broadband speeds (8Mb or more) become more popular across the world, the East/West Cable is designed to provide greater international cable resiliency, meet the expected Internet demand required to support growing customer needs and facilitate the expansion in Internet penetration in the Caribbean Region. In addition, this diverse route reduces the dependency on the Miami/USA cable system for high-speed Internet bandwidth, and provides direct connectivity to Central & South America via the Jamaican connection,” said LIME.

LIME, which operates in 13 Caribbean countries and has the largest cable asset holdings in the region, said it intends to increase its international submarine capacity in the region.