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The fiber optic network between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean is already under construction in Tehuantepec

The 1,200 kilometer network will cross the 200 kilometers of the Isthmus and will also connect towns in Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas and Tabasco. The fiber will have 144 strands and will run parallel to the railway line. It will also extend to Guatemala.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has begun deploying fiber optic infrastructure in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which spans 200 kilometers between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

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