MEXICO CITY, May 8 (Reuters) - Mexican

telecommunications company Megacable said on

Wednesday it executed a successful long-distance optical

transmission test with Finnish telecom equipment supplier Nokia

as it aims to scale up the capacity of its network.

The transmission test reached 1.1 Terabits per second

(Tbps), Megacable said in a news release, calling it "the first

optical channel of this capacity to be implemented in an active

network of a single operator in Latin America."

Megacable, which provides pay TV, internet and telephone

services in Mexico, has been working with Nokia to increase its

long-distance data transmission speeds to interconnect its data

centers for improved fiber optic connectivity to its users.

Last year, the companies said they aimed to reach 2.4 Tbps

in 2024. Megacable has said its ultimate goal is to increase

long-distance transmission speeds from 9.6 Tbps to 38.4 Tbps.

"Having high capacity channels on national routes helps us

transport greater amounts of traffic with better performance,"

Megacable engineering director Miguel Sol said in the

announcement.

Megacable operates in all 32 Mexican states. Its market

share for mobile internet access is about 0.34% and about 16.6%

for fixed internet access, according to data from Mexico's

telecoms regulator.