--- title: New Eastern Caribbean IX connects five islands - Developing Telecoms description: Five Caribbean islands – Saint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Martin, Saint Barths and Saint Kitts – are now connected through the AMS-IX Eastern Caribbean Internet Exchange (IX), marking what is described as a major milestone in strengthening the region’s digital infrastructure. canonical_url: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/optical-fixed-networks/20935-new-eastern-caribbean-ix-connects-five-islands.html language: en-GB date: 2026-10-07T23:04:48Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/optical-fixed-networks/20935-new-eastern-caribbean-ix-connects-five-islands.html. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1343 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/optical-fixed-networks/20935-new-eastern-caribbean-ix-connects-five-islands.html. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Structured data** as JSON-LD may be found at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. Five Caribbean islands – Saint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Martin, Saint Barths and Saint Kitts – are now connected through the AMS-IX Eastern Caribbean Internet Exchange (IX), marking what is described as a major milestone in strengthening the region’s digital infrastructure. St Eustatius Telecommunication Company (EUTEL) provides the local presence and infrastructure on St Eustatius, and Dutch-owned submarine fibre-optic telecommunications infrastructure the Saba Statia Cable System (SSCS) provides the submarine fibre connectivity linking the islands. AMS-IX, a neutral member-based association that operates multiple interconnection platforms around the world, provides the technology and expertise behind the internet exchange platform, enabling networks across the region and international content providers to connect and exchange internet traffic directly and efficiently. Together, the partners say, they have created an interconnection platform that now reaches across the Eastern Caribbean. They add that through the new IX, networks can exchange traffic more directly instead of sending data over longer international routes. In addition, keeping more traffic within the region reduces latency, improves internet performance and enables more efficient use of international connectivity. This connectivity also provides the foundation for a growing regional internet ecosystem. The ecosystem is further strengthened by Packet Clearing House (PCH), an international non-profit organisation that helps make the internet more secure, reliable and resilient. PCH has established infrastructure at the Eastern Caribbean IX on St Eustatius that allows essential internet requests to be handled closer to users, rather than travelling to networks further away. This helps improve the speed and resilience of internet services across the region. The next aim is to grow the community of internet service providers, network operators, content providers and other digital infrastructure partners connected to the Eastern Caribbean IX. As more networks join, more traffic can be exchanged locally, increasing the value of the exchange for the entire region. EUTEL, SSCS and AMS-IX will continue to develop the Eastern Caribbean IX and invite internet service providers, network operators, content providers and other digital infrastructure partners throughout the Eastern Caribbean and beyond to join the growing interconnection community. ```json { "@context": "http:\/\/schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Article", "author": { "@id": "https:\/\/mail.developingtelecoms.com\/#vaughan_o_grady_640e701a34" }, "dateModified": "2026-10-07T23:04:48Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-07T23:04:58Z", "description": "Five Caribbean islands – Saint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Martin, Saint Barths and Saint Kitts – are now connected through the AMS-IX Eastern Caribbean Internet Exchange (IX), marking what is described as a major milestone in strengthening the region’s digital infrastructure.", "headline": "New Eastern Caribbean IX connects five islands", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/developingtelecoms.com\/images\/stories\/Places\/Basseterre_St._Kitts_600.jpg", "caption": "", "description": "", "width": 600, "height": 450 } ], "inLanguage": "en-GB", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "url": "https:\/\/mail.developingtelecoms.com\/telecom-technology\/optical-fixed-networks\/20935-new-eastern-caribbean-ix-connects-five-islands.html" }, "publisher": { "@id": "https:\/\/mail.developingtelecoms.com\/#defaultPublisher" }, "url": "https:\/\/mail.developingtelecoms.com\/telecom-technology\/optical-fixed-networks\/20935-new-eastern-caribbean-ix-connects-five-islands.html" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vaughan O'Grady", "@id": "https:\/\/mail.developingtelecoms.com\/#vaughan_o_grady_640e701a34" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/mail.developingtelecoms.com\/#defaultPublisher", "@type": "Organization", "url": "https:\/\/mail.developingtelecoms.com\/", "logo": { "@id": "https:\/\/mail.developingtelecoms.com\/#defaultLogo" }, "name": "Developing Telecoms" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/mail.developingtelecoms.com\/#defaultLogo", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/developingtelecoms.com\/images\/stories\/highResLogos\/dt-site-logo-440.png", "width": "440", "height": "122" } ] } ```