The so-called Autopista Mesoamericana de la Información (Mesoamerican Information Highway), a high capacity 36 optical fibers backbone installed on the Sistema de Interconexión Eléctrica de los Países de América Central (Siepac) (Electrical Interconnection System for Central America Countries), was launched under the XXIII Meeting of the Mesoamerican Forum of Telecommunications Authorities (FMAT). The project is carried out by a consortium made up of electric power companies in the region, grouped in EPR (Empresa Propietaria de la Red), whose telecommunications subsidiary -in which, for example, Internexa participates- is called REDCA.
It covers an extension of 1,800 kilometers from Guatemala to Panama, is sustained over 4,622 towers and has 20 subsections that operate as connection points. The Mesoamerican Information Highway (MIH) connects Central America, Colombia, Mexico and Dominican Republic.
The head of the Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones, Siget (General Superintendence of Electricity and Telecommunications) of El Salvador, Blanca Coto, said: "As long as in all Central American countries we join efforts not only for market share but also to share the benefits of interaction, we are contributing to the economic and social development of our people".