The work which is being done in phases include the laying of some 32 kilometers of fibre optic cables along nine corridors in Kingston and St. Andrew that will link the government's four core sites. Another one hundred thousand (100,000) meters must be installed along sections of the South Coast to. Senator Johnson Smith informed that the emergency fibre-optic ring achieved almost 90 per cent completion, and approximately 118 additional public educational institutions were connected via the fibre-optic ring during the fiscal year. This, she said, brought the total number of schools connected. Minister of Finance, Dr Nigel Clarke has signed a financial advisory services agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, for the development and structuring of the National Broadband Project as a public private partnership (PPP). A release. Key Insight: By 2026, Jamaica's fiber optic network is projected to cover 75% of the country, boosting internet reliability and speeds for urban and rural communities. The expansion supports government initiatives to promote digital literacy and economic growth, especially in remote areas. TAM-1 is being deployed in two phases, with the first phase – scheduled to be ready for service in Q1 2026 – connecting Florida with Colombia. FLOW Jamaica is racing to complete its transition to a 100 per cent fibre network by the end of 2025, while simultaneously rebuilding from Hurricane Beryl's devastation and injecting more resilience in its network, as it positions its infrastructure for future technologies like 5G.