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Germany 2 198
I-ME-WE 310
i2i 312
ICN1 314
ICN2 316
ICX 318
IslaLink 320
Italy-Albania 322
Italy-Greece 324
Italy-Libya 326
Italy-Monaco 328
ITUR 330
JaKa2DeLeMa 332
JAKABARE 334
Japan-US 336
Jasuka 338
JIH 340
KAFOS 342
Kattegat-1 344
Keltra-2 346
KhulnaChennai 348
KJCN 350
Kodiak Kenai 352
Kuwait-Iran 354
LEV 356
LION 358
LION-2 360
MAC 362
Main One 364
Malaysia Domestic (Northern Link) 366
Malaysia Domestic (Southern Link) 368
MalaysiaThailand 370
MataramKupang 372
Matrix 374
MauritiusRodrigues Island 376 Maya-1 378 MBDC 380
Med Cable Network 382
MedNautilus
Norsea Com-1 402
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SEA-ME-WE 4 452
SEA-ME-WE 5 454
SEA-US 456
Seabras-1 458
Seacom 460
SEAK 462
SF-S 4 464
SFL 466
SG-SCS 468
Shefa 2 470
Silphium 472
SJC 474
SKKL-JS 476
SMPR-1 478
Solas 480
Solomon Island to the World 482
Southern Cross Cable Network 484
Sub 486
Svalbard 488
T-V-H 490
Taino Carib 492
Tangerine 494
Tasman Global Access 496
TEAMS 504
TGN Eurasia 506
TGN Gulf 508
TGN Intra-Asia 510
TGN Northern Europe 512
TGN Transatlantic 514
TGN Transpacific 516
TGN Western Europe 518
TGN-TIC 520
Tierra del Fuego 522
TIS 524
TIISCS 526
Tonga-Fiji 528
TPC-5 530
TPE 532
Trident 534
TrinidadCuraçao 536
SEA-ME-WE 3 450
Tasman-2 498
TAT 14 500
TE North 502
TripoliBenghazi Cable 538
TubrokEmased 540
TWA-1 542
Ugarit 546
Unisur 548
Unity 550
Vanuatu-Papua New Guinea 552
VentspilsGotland 554
VMSCS 556
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VisayasPalawan 562
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Project Completion Phases:
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Asia Africa Europe
Landing Points: Barcelona (Spain), Marseilles (France), Palermo (Italy), Abu Talat (Egypt), Zafrana (Egypt), Djibouti, Oman, Fujairah (UAE), Mumbai (India), Kenya, Sri Lanka, Cox Bazaar (Bangladesh), Myanmar, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai (China)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): $600,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 25,000
Design Capacity: 40 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Etisalat (UAE), China Unicom (China), Djibouti Telecom (Djibouti), Telecom Italia (Italy), TIME (Malaysia), Oteglobe (Greece), BT (UK), MPT (Myanmar), Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan), BSCCL (Bangladesh), dU (UAE), OmanTel (Oman), PTCL (Pakistan), Mobily (Saudi
System Supplier: TE SubCom, NEC
Region: Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Middle East, Pacific
M e r s i n g
System Name: Asia-America Gateway
Landing Points: Changi (Singapore), Keawaula (Hawaii), Lantau (Hong Kong), La Union (Philippines), Mersing (Malaysia), San Luis Obispo (USA), Sri Racha (Thailand), Tanguisson (Guam), Tungku (Brunei), Vung Tau (Vietnam)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $500,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 20,547
Initial Capacity: 2.88 Tbps
Owners: AT&T Inc., Bayan, Bharti, BT Global Network Services, CAT Telecom, ETPI, FPT Telecom, the Government of Brunei Darussalam, PT Indosat, PLDT, Saigon Postel Corporation, StarHub, Telcotech, TELKOM Indonesia, Telstra, Telekom Malaysia, TNZL, Viettel, VNPT
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, NEC
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Rene Descartes
Upgrader: Mitsubishi, Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2011, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: AC-1
Landing Points: Beverwijk (Netherlands), Brookhaven (USA), Westerland (Germany), Whitesands Bay (UK)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): $875,000,000
Total Length (kms): 13,377
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Level 3 Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2010
Upgraded Capacity: 20 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
System Name: AC-2
Landing Points: Bellport (USA), Widemouth (UK)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): $700,000,000
Total Length (kms): 6,185
Initial Capacity: 320 Gbps
Design Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: Level 3 Communications
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2010
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
System Name: ACE
Landing Points: Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Accra (Ghana), Asilah (Morocco), Banjul (The Gambia), Bata (Equatorial Guinea), Cape Town (South Africa), Conakry (Guinea), Cotonou (Benin), Dakar (Senegal), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Kribi (Cameroon), Lagos (Nigeria), Libreville (Gabon), Lisbon (Portugal), Lome (Togo), Luanda (Angola), Monrovia (Liberia), Muanda (DRC), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Penmarch (France), Santana (São Tomé and Príncipe), Sucujaque (Guinea-Bissau), Swakopmund (Namibia), Tenerife (Spain)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): $700,000,000
Total Length (kms): 17,000
Design Capacity: 5.12 Tbps
Owners: Benin Telecoms, Cable Consortium of Liberia Inc, Côte d’Ivoire Telecom, Expresso Telecom Group Ltd, Orange, Gambia Submarine Cable Company Ltd, Guinéenne de la Large Bande SA, International Mauritania Telecom, Orange Cameroun S.A., Orange Mali, Orange Niger S.A., PT Comunicações SA, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Gabon, Sierra Leone Cable Company, Sonatel, STP Cabo
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (Main contractors), TE SubCom (Sub contractors)
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Adones
Landing Points: Benguela (Angola), Cabinda (Angola), Luanda (Angola), Lucira (Angola), Namibe (Angola), Nzeto (Angola), Porto Amboim (Angola), Soyo (Angola)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $35,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,800
Initial Capacity: 30 Gbps
Design Capacity: 80 Gbps
Owners: Angola Telecom
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: Elettra
Cableship: Teleri
Region: Atlantic
System Name: ADRIA-1
Landing Points: Corfu (Greece), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Durres (Albania)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): $13,400,000
Total Length (kms): 430
Initial Capacity: 622 Mbps
Owners: Deutsche Telekom AG, OTE
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: America Europe Connect
Landing Points: Belmullet (Ireland), Brookhaven (USA), Grindavik (Iceland)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): 150,000,000
Total Length (kms): 5,200
Design Capacity: 60 Tb/s
Fiber Information: 6 Fiber Pairs, 100 wavelengths, 100 Gb/s per wavelength
Owners: Emerald Networks
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Atlantic
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: AJC
Landing Points: Maruyama (Japan), Oxford Falls (Australia), Shima (Japan), Sydney (Australia), Tanguisson (Guam), Tumon (Guam)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): $520,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,224
Initial Capacity: 320 Gbps
Design Capacity: 25.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Australia Japan Cable Limited, Communications Global Network Services Limited, NTT
Communications Corporation, SOFTBANK Telecom Corp., Telstra Holdings (Bermuda) No. 1 Limited, Worldcom Global Networks Limited
System Supplier: Ocean Cable Company, Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: FCR, KDD
Cableship: Fresnel, Subaru
Upgrader: Ciena, Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2012, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
A n c h o r a g e
System Name: Akorn
Landing Points: Anchorage (USA), Florence (USA)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,968
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Alaska Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Pacific
System Name: Alasia
Landing Points: Pentaskhinos (Cyprus), Tartus (Syria)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): $15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 350
Design Capacity: 25.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, Syrian Telecommunications Authority
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Alaska United East
Landing Points: Harbor Pointe (USA), Juneau (USA), Valdez (USA), Whittier (USA)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Total Length (kms): 3,751
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Design Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: GCI
System Supplier: NEC
Region: Pacific
W h i t t i e r
System Name: Alaska United West
Landing Points: Ketchikan (USA), Warrenton (USA), Whittier (USA)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 2,483
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Design Capacity: 640 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: GCI
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Cableship: Global Sentinel
Region: Pacific
System Name: ALBA-1
Landing Points: Camuri (Venezuela), Havana (Cuba), Morant Point (Jamaica), Santiago De Cuba (Cuba)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): $72,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,600
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: Telecom Venezuela, Transbit SA
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Telecomunicaciones Gran Caribe
Marine Surveyor: EGS
Survey Boat: RV Ridley Thomas
Region: Carribean
System Name: Aletar
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Tartus (Syria)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): $23,000,000
Total Length (kms): 733
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pair
Owners: Lebanese Ministry of Telecom (6.25%), Syrian Telecom (46.875%), Telecom Egypt (46.875%)
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Alexandros
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Marseille (France), Pentaskhinos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Design Capacity: 10 Tbps
Owners: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, Telecom Egypt
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Alonso De Ojeda
Landing Points: Oranjestad (Aruba), Willemstad (Netherlands Antilles)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): $8,678,000
Total Length (kms): 128
Initial Capacity: 15 Gbps
Design Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Antelecom NV
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Carribean
W i l l e m s t a d
System Name: Alpal-2
Landing Points: El Djemila (Algeria), Ses Covetes (Majorca)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Est. System Cost (US$): $17,600,000
Total Length (kms): 312
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Design Capacity: 160 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: APT, France Telecom, Telefonica
System Supplier: Pirelli
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Maersk Responder
Region: Mediterranean
AMERICAN SAMOA-FIJI [Planned]
System Name: American Samoa-Fiji
Landing Points: Pago Pago (American Samoa), Fiji
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): $35,000,000
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: American Samoa Hawaii Cable
Region: Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Americas I
Landing Points: Magens Bay (Virgin Islands), Vero Beach (USA)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): $220,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,013
Initial Capacity: 120 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, CANTV (Venezuela), Embratel, TSTT
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2010
Upgraded Capacity: 20 Gbps
Region: Carribean
System Name: Americas I South
Landing Points: Camuri (Venezuela), Fortaleza (Brazil), Macqueripe (Trinidad), Magens Bay (Virgin Islands)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Total Length (kms): 6,014
Initial Capacity: 560 Mbps
Owners: AT&T, CANTV (Venezuela), Embratel, TSTT
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: C&W (Marine)
Cableship: Cable Installer, Agile, Fresnel
Region: Carribean
System Name: Americas II
Landing Points: Camuri (Venezuela), Cayenne (French Guiana), Chaguaramas (Trinidad), Fortaleza (Brazil), Hollywood (USA), Lamentine (France), Miramar (Puerto Rico), St Croix (US Virgin Islands), Willemstad (Netherlands Antilles)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): $350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 8,373
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Design Capacity: 210 Gbps
Owners: Antelecom NV, AT&T, Brazil Telecom, CANTV (Venezuela), Embratel, France Telecom, GT&T, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telesur, Telintar, Trescom Int., TSTT, Verizon
System Supplier: ASN Australia, Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Cableship: Global Link
Region: Carribean
System Name: Amerigo Vespucci
Landing Points: Bonaire (Netherlands), Curaçao (Curaçao)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Total Length (kms): 84
Region: Atlantic, Carribean
System Name: AMX-1
Landing Points: Jacksonville (United States), Miami (United States), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Puerto Barrios (Guatemala), Barranquilla (Colombia), Cartagena (Colombia), Fortaleza (Brazil), Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic), Cancun (Mexico)
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): $700,000,000
Total Length (kms): 17,800
Initial Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: America Movil
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro, EGS
Region: Atlantic, Carribean
System Name: Antel
Landing Points: Las Toninas (Argentina), Maldonado (Uruguay)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 250
Initial Capacity: 50 Gbps
Design Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Owners: Antel (Uruguay), Telecom Argentina
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: IT Telecom
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Antilles Crossing
Landing Points: Bridgetown (Barbados), Hams Bluff (Virgin Islands), Port Castries (St Lucia)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Total Length (kms): 952
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 80 Gbps
Owners: Antilles Crossing, Barbados Light & Power, Leucadia, Telebarbados
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Carribean
System Name: APCN
Landing Points: Batangas (Philippines), Changi (Singapore), Jakarta (Indonesia), Lantau (Hong Kong), Mersing (Malaysia), Miyazaki (Japan), Phetchaburi (Thailand), Port Hedland (Australia), Pusan (South Korea)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): $640,000,000
Total Length (kms): 11,813
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: CAT Telecom (Thailand), Chunghwa Telecom International, Indosat, KDDI, KT Coropration, PLDT (Philippines), Reach NHK, Singtel, TM
System Supplier: Ocean Cable Company, Fujitsu, Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: C&W (Marine)
Cableship: Cable Venture, Cable Innovator, Ocean Link
Region: Pacific
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Upgrader: NEC
Upgrade Year: 2011, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2
Landing Points: Batangas (Philippines), Chikura (Japan), Chongming (China), Katong (Singapore), Kitaibaraki (Japan), Kuantan New Port (Malaysia), Lantau (Hong Kong), Pusan (South Korea), Shantou (China), Tanshui (Taiwan)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Est. System Cost (US$): $1,100,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 19,000
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 6.4 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom International, CTM, France Telecom, KDDI, KT Coropration, NTT Communications, PLDT (Philippines), Reach NHK, Singtel, Telekom Malaysia
System Supplier: Ocean Cable Company
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Cable Retriever, Bold Endurance, Fu Lai, Asean Restorer, Maersk Recorder, Maersk Repeater, Maersk Responder, Maersk Reliance, Subaru, Kuroshio Maru, Cable Installer. Barges, Networker, Elbe, Chin Ann 3
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Asia Pacific Gateway
Landing Points: Chongming (China), Da Nang (Vietnam), Kuantan New Port (Malaysia), Lantau (Hong Kong), Maruyama (Japan), Nanhui District (China), Pusan (South Korea), Shima (Japan), Songkhla (Thailand), Toucheng (Taiwan), Tuas (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $313,144,000.00
Total Length (kms): 8,000
Design Capacity: 38.4 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom International, Facebook, KT Coropration, NTT Communications, PLDT (Philippines), StarHub (Singapore), Telekom Malaysia, TIME dotCom, VNPT
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: NTT Com
Region: Pacific
APHRODITE 2
System Name: Aphrodite 2
Landing Points: Chania (Greece), Yeroskipos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): $30,000,000
Total Length (kms): 868
Initial Capacity: 1.12 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, Belgacom, British Telecom, Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (62%), France Telecom, OTE, Sprint, Verizon
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Skandi Hav
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: APNG-2
Landing Points: Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Sydney (Australia)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): $11,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,400
Initial Capacity: 1.12 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telikom PNG, Telstra (Australia)
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Re
Region: Pacific
B r o o k h a v e n
M a n a s q u a n
System Name: Apollo
Landing Points: Brookhaven (USA), Lannion (France), Manasquan (USA), Widemouth (UK)
RFS Year: 2003
Est. End of Service Date: 2028
Total Length (kms): 12,700
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Design Capacity: 3.2 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Alcatel, Apollo SCS Limited, C&W
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Batz, Ile de Brehat, Ile de Sein, Skandi Neptune
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2012, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
APX-CENTRAL [Planned]
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: APX-Central (Asia Pacific Express Central)
Landing Points: Adelaide (Australia), Hobart (Australia), Melbourne (Australia), Perth (Australia)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Total Length (kms): 4,800
Design Capacity: 32 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 80
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: SubPartners
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: APX-East (Asia Pacific Express East)
Landing Points: Auckland (New Zealand), Hermosa Beach (United States), Oahu (United States), Sydney (Australia)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): $350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,700
Design Capacity: 40 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: SubPartners
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Pacific
APX-WEST [Planned]
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: APX-West (Asia Pacific Express West)
Landing Points: Jakarta (Indonesia), Christmas Island (Australia), Perth (Australia), Singapore
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): $150,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,600
Design Capacity: 32 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 80
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: SubPartners
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Pacific
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System Name: Arcos-1
Landing Points: Bluefields (Nicuragua), Cancun (Mexico), Cartagena (Columbia), Cat Island (Bahamas), Crooked Island (Bahamas), Hollywood (USA), Ladyville (Belize), Maria Chiquita (Panama), Nassau (The Bahamas), Providenciales (Turks and Caicos Islands), Puerto Barrios (Guatemala), Puerto Cabezas (Nicuragua), Puerto Cortes (Honduras), Puerto Lempira (Honduras), Puerto Limon (Costa Rica), Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic), Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Punto Fijo (Venezuela), Riohacha (Columbia), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Trojillo (Honduras), Tulum (Mexico), Ustupo (Panama), Willemstad (Netherlands Antilles)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Total Length (kms): 8,700
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1 Tbps
Owners: Alestra (Mexico), AT&T, Axtel (Mexico), BTC (Bahamas), BTL (Belize), CANTV (Venezuela), Codetel (Dominican Republic), Colombus Networks, Enitel (Nicaragua), Hondutel (Honduras), ICE (Costa Rica), Impsat (USA), Internexa (Colombia), Orbinet SA (Colombia), Racsa (Costa Rica), Telecarrier (Panama), Tricom (Dominican Republic), Ultracom (Puerto Rico), UTS (Curacao), Verizon
System Supplier: Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke (Tyco Telecommunications, Partial)
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2008
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Carribean
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Arctic Fibre
Landing Points: Ajigaura (Japan), Gambell (United States), Nome (United States), Point Hope (United States), Wainwright (United States), Barrow (United States), Prudhoe Bay (United States), Tuktoyakatuk (Canada), Cambridge Bay (Canada), Gjoa Haven (Canada), Hall Beach (Canada), Cape Dorset (Canada), Milton (Canada), Highbridge (United Kingdom)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $800,000
Total Length (kms): 18,000
Initial Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Arctic Fibre Inc.
Region: Atlantic, Pacific, Polar
System Name: Ariane 2
Landing Points: Chania (Greece), Marseille (France)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): $70,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,370
Initial Capacity: 1.12 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, Belgacom, Cypress Telecommunications Authority, France Telecom, OTE, Verizon
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
Region: Mediterranean
ASC [Planned]
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: ASC (Australia-Singapore Cable)
Landing Points: Perth (Australia), Tanah Mera (Singapore), Anyer (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $160,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,600
Design Capacity: 36 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 120
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Australia-Singapore Cable International Limited
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Pacific
Hong Kong
System Name: ASE (Asia Submarine-Cable Express)
Landing Points: Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): $412,000,000
Total Length (kms): 7,200
Design Capacity: 15.36 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 128
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: NTT Communications (Japan), PLDT (Philippines), StarHub (Singapore), Telekom Malaysia
System Supplier: Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corporation
Region: Pacific
System Name: ASH
Landing Points: Keawaula (Hawaii), Pago Pago (American Samoa)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Total Length (kms): 4,680
Initial Capacity: 1.2 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: ASH Cable Company
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Ré
Region: Pacific
System Name: Athena
Landing Points: Koropi (Greece), Pentaskhinos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Total Length (kms): 600
Owners: Cypress Telecommunications Authority, Telecom Italia Sparkle
Region: Mediterranean
P e n t a s k h i n o s
System Name: Atlantis-2
Landing Points: Conil (Spain), Dakar (Senegal), El Medano (Spain), Fortaleza (Brazil), Funchal (Portugal), Las Toninas (Argentina), Lisbon (Portugal), Praia (Cape Verde), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): $370,000,000
Total Length (kms): 13,100
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 160 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs, Initial: 2 wavelengths, Design: 8 wavelengths
Channels: 2 to 8
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Cabo Verde Telecom, Deutsche Telekom AG, Embratel, France Telecom, Marconi, Sonatel, Telecom Argentina, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telefonica de Argentina, Telintar, Verizon
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Pirelli, Fujitsu
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Raymond Croze, Fresnel, Vercors, Teneo, Teliri, Maersk Defender
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Atlas Offshore
Landing Points: Asilah (Morocco), Marseille (France)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): $31,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,634
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps
Owners: Maroc Telecom of Morocco
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
A s i l a h
AUSTRAL [Planned]
System Name: Austral
Landing Points: Puerto Montt (Chile), Punta Arenas (Chile)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,800
Owners: AUSTRAL University of Magellan, Magellan CPC
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Bahamas-2
Landing Points: Eight Mile Rock (Bahamas), Nassau (The Bahamas), Vero Beach (USA)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Total Length (kms): 478
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, Balteco, Verizon
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Region: Carribean
System Name: Baltica
Landing Points: Dueodde (Bornholm), Gedser (Denmark), Kolobrzeg (Poland), Ystad (Sweden)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): $16,000,000
Total Length (kms): 437
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Polish Telecom, TDC, Telecom Finland, Telenor, Teliasonera
Region: Baltic
D u e o d d e
G e d s e r
K o l o b r z e g
B a r c e l o n a
System Name: BAR-SAV
Landing Points: Barcelona (Spain), Savona (Italy)
RFS Year: 1996
Est. End of Service Date: 2021
Est. System Cost (US$): $39,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 760
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Owners: Telecom Italia, Telefonica
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Bass Strait 1
Landing Points: Boat Harbour (Tasmania), Sandy Point (Australia)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): $22,500,000
Total Length (kms): 241
Initial Capacity: 622 Mbps
Design Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Telstra (Australia)
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Pacific
I n v e r l o c h
S t a n l e y
System Name: Bass Strait 2
Landing Points: Inverloch (Australia), Stanley (Tasmania, Australia)
RFS Year: 2003
Est. End of Service Date: 2028
Est. System Cost (US$): $17,000,000
Total Length (kms): 240
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Telstra (Australia)
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Batz
Region: Baltic
BBG [Planned]
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: BBG (Bay of Bengal Gateway)
Landing Points: Sri Lanka, Singapore, Oman, UAE
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): $30,000,000
Total Length (kms): 8,000
Initial Capacity: 100 Gbps
Design Capacity: 30 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs, 10 Tbps per pair
Owners: Bay of Bengal Consortium
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Indian Ocean
System Name: BCS East
Landing Points: Liepaja (Latvia), Sventoji (Lithuania)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Total Length (kms): 98
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Teliasonera
Region: Baltic
System Name: BCS East-West Interlink
Landing Points: Sandviken (Sweden), Sventoji (Lithuania)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Total Length (kms): 218
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel
Region: Baltic
System Name: BCS North
Landing Points: Hango (Finland), Haraldsholm (Finland), Helsingfors (Finland), Kotka (Finland), Mariehamn (Finland), Stavsnas (Sweden)
RFS Year: 1998, 2003
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Total Length (kms): 793
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Rostelecom, Teliasonera
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel
Region: Baltic
System Name: BDM (Batam-Dumai-Melaka)
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Dumai (Indonesia), Melaka (Malaysia)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $76,000,000
Total Length (kms): 400
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2.56 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: PT Mora Telematika, PT XL Axiata, Telekom
Malaysia
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: Pacific
System Name: Berytar
Landing Points: Beirut (Lebanon), Tartus (Syria)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): $10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 134
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Design Capacity: 5 Gbps
Owners: Telecom Egypt (6.25%), Lebanese Ministry of Telecom (46.875%), Syrian Telecom (46.875%)
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Bharat-Lanka
Landing Points: Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (Sri Lanka), Tuticorin (India)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): $40,000,000
Total Length (kms): 338
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 960 Gbps
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: BSNL, Sri Lanka Telecom Limited (SLT), Sri Lanka
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: NEC
Region: Indian
P o i n t
B o c a
System Name: BICS
Landing Points: Boca Raton (USA), Crown Haven (Bahamas), Freeport (Bahamas), Marsh Harbour (Bahamas), Nassau (The Bahamas), Riding Point (Bahamas), Rock Sound (Bahamas), Sandy Point (Bahamas), Upper Bogue (Bahamas)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): $31,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,000
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Design Capacity: 12 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Carribbean Crossings
Region: Caribbean
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: BIMP-EAGA (Brunei Darussalam-IndonesiaMalaysia-The Philippines East Asian Growth Area)
Landing Points: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Palau, Yap, Guam
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): $150,000,000
Owners: EATriLink (Philippines), Scomm (Malaysia), BIG ( Brunei)
Region: Pacific
System Name: BIN
Landing Points: Bari (Italy), Durres (Albania)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $21,636,744
Total Length (kms): 276
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Unifi
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: BIOS/Jonah
Landing Points: Tel Aviv (Israel), Bari (Italy)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Total Length (kms): 2,300
Owners: Bezeq International
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Broadband Linking the American Samoa Territory
Landing Points: Fogagogo, Tu’tuila (American Samoa), Ofu Harbor, Ofu (American Samoa), Luma, Ta’u (American Samoa), Aunu’u Warf, Aunu’u (American Samoa)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $11,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 250
Owners: ASTCA (American Samoa)
System Supplier: IT International Telecom
Marine Surveyor: IT International Telecom
Region: Pacific
System Name: Boracay-Palawan
Landing Points: Taytay (Philippines), San Jose (Philippines), Coron (Philippines); Boracay (Philippines), Caticlan (Philippines)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Total Length (kms): 332
Design Capacity: 4.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 12 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 40
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Globe Telecom
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: Pacific
System Name: Botnia
Landing Points: Umea (Sweden), Vaasa (Finland)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): $8,500,000
Total Length (kms): 77
Initial Capacity: 1.2 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: NKT
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel
Region: Baltic
System Name: BRCS
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Sungai Rengit (Malaysia)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): $10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 63
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Excelcom
Region: Pacific
System Name: BSCS
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Changi (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $13,100,000
Total Length (kms): 73
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telekom Indonesia
System Supplier: Ocean Cable Company
System Installer: Stena Offshore
Cableship: Northern Installer
Region: Pacific
System Name: BSFOCS
Landing Points: Novorossiysk (Russia), Odesa (Ukraine), Varna (Bulgaria)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): $51,000,000
Total Length (kms): 933
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Armentel, AT&T, BTC, Cypress Telecommunications Authority, DTAG, HT, KDDI, OTE, Rostelecom, Telecom Slovenia, Ukrtelecom
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Maersk Fighter
Region: Black Sea
System Name: C-BUS
Landing Points: Manasquan (USA), Tortola (British Virgin Islands)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,609
Owners: LIME
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Region: Atlantic
N a n h u i
System Name: C-J FOSC
Landing Points: Miyazaki (Japan), Nanhui District (China)
RFS Year: 1993
Est. End of Service Date: 2018
Est. System Cost (US$): $70,300,000
Total Length (kms): 1,252
Design Capacity: 560 Mbps
Owners: China Telecom, KDDI
Region: Pacific
P e n t a s k h i n o s
System Name: Cadmos
Landing Points: Beirut (Lebanon), Pentaskhinos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): $8,000,000
Total Length (kms): 262
Design Capacity: 622 Mbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (62%), Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications (38%)
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Canalink
Landing Points: Cadiz (Spain), Tenerife (Spain)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $156,788,000
Total Length (kms): 2,000
Design Capacity: 5.12 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 128
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Isalink, IT3
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro Region: Atlantic
M a n a s q u a n
System Name: CANUS-1
Landing Points: Manasquan (USA), Pennant Point (Canada)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): $400,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,360
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Design Capacity: 5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Optel, Tata Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: Teleglobe
Region: Atlantic
System Name: CARAC
Landing Points: Bermuda (Bermuda), Tortola (British Virgin Islands)
RFS Year: 1989
Est. End of Service Date: 2014
Est. System Cost (US$): $115,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,700
Initial Capacity: 420 Mbps
Owners: Cable & Wireless
System Supplier: Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd
System Installer: C&W (Marine)
Cableship: Mercury
Region: Carribean
System Name: Caucasus Cable System
Landing Points: Poti (Georgia), Varna (Bulgaria)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): $76,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,187
Design Capacity: 1.2Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Caucasus Online
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Black Sea
System Name: CB-1
Landing Points: Bermuda (Bermuda), Charleston, RI (USA)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Total Length (kms): 1,448
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps
Owners: Cable Company Ltd, Verizon
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Celtix Connect
Landing Points: Dublin (Ireland), Holyhead (UK)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $21,900,000
Total Length (kms): 131
Initial Capacity: 960 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 72 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Sea Fibre Networks
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Region: Atlantic
System Name: CFX-1
Landing Points: Boca Raton (USA), Cartagena (Columbia), Morant Point (Jamaica)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Total Length (kms): 2,439
Initial Capacity: 110 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2.5 Tbps per Fiber Pair
Owners: Columbus Networks
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications Telecommunications
Upgrader: TE SubCom
Upgrade Year: 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 2.5 Tbps per fiber pair
Region: Carribean
B a n d o n
S a n L u i s O b i s p o
System Name: China - US
Landing Points: Bandon (USA), Chikura (Japan), Chongming (China), Fangshan (Taiwan), Okinawa Prefecture (Japan), Pusan (South Korea), San Luis Obispo (USA), Shantou (China), Tanguisson (Guam)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): $1,100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 30,444
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 8
Channel Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: China-US Consortium (KDD (Japan), NTT Worldwide Network (Japan), AT&T (USA), MCI Communications (USA), Sprint (USA), Teleglobe USA (USA), SBC Communications (USA), China Telecom (China), HongKong Telecom (Hong Kong), Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan), Korea Telecom (Korea), Singapore Telecom (Singapore), Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia), Telstra (Australia))
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu, Ocean Cable Co, Tyco Telecommunications
Cableship: Flexservice III, Kuroshio Maru, Cable Innovator
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Region: Pacific
System Name: CIOS
Landing Points: Ayia Napa (Cyprus), Nahariya (Israel)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): $16,000,000
Total Length (kms): 262
Design Capacity: 622 Mbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pair
Owners: Bezeq, Cypress Telecommunications Authority
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Circe North
Landing Points: Lowestoft (United Kingdom), Zandvoort (Netherlands)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): $24,000,000
Total Length (kms): 203
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 48 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Viatel
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Circe South
Landing Points: Cayeux-sur-Mer (France), Pevensey Bay (UK)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): $24,000,000
Total Length (kms): 115
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 48 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Viatel
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Atlantic
System Name: CJFS
Landing Points: Half-Moon Bay (Cayman Islands), Montego Bay (Jamaica)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): $6,500,000
Total Length (kms): 870
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: LIME
Region: Carribean
M o n t e g o B a y
W e s t P a l m
B e a c h F u n c h a l
C a n c u n M a g e n s B a y
System Name: Columbus II
Landing Points: Cancun (Mexico), Funchal (Portugal), Magens Bay (Virgin Islands), Palermo (Italy), Sardinia (Gran Canaria), West Palm Beach (USA)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): $600,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,165
Initial Capacity: 560 Mbps
Design Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Columbus II Consortium
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Tyco
Telecommunications SSI, Pirelli
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic, Carribean, Mediterranean
System Name: Columbus III
Landing Points: Conil (Spain), Hollywood (USA), Lisbon (Portugal), Mazara (Italy), Ponta Delgada (Portugal)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): $236,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,833
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 160 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Columbus III Consortium
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Pirelli, Tyco Telecommunications
Cableship: Vercors, Skandi Hav
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic, Carribean, Mediterranean
System Name: Concerto-1
Landing Points: Bruges (Belguim), Thorpeness (United Kingdom), Zandvoort (Netherlands)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Total Length (kms): 574
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 96 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Flute
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Atlantic
T h o r p e n e s s B r u g e s Z a n d v o o r t
System Name: Corfu-Bar
Landing Points: Bar (Montenegro), Corfu (Greece)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Est. System Cost (US$): $19,000,000
Total Length (kms): 320
Initial Capacity: 622 Mbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Crngorski Telecom, OTE
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Corsar
Landing Points: Aranci (Italy), Ajaccio (France)
RFS Year: 1992
Est. End of Service Date: 2017
Est. System Cost (US$): $11,000,000
Total Length (kms): 168
Initial Capacity: 3 Gbps
Owners: France Telecom, Telecom Italia
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Danica North
Landing Points: Barseback (Sweden), Tuborg (Denmark)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Total Length (kms): 25
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 96 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Baltic
System Name: Danica South
Landing Points: Bjarred (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Total Length (kms): 20
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 24 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Baltic
L a n d e y j a r s a n d u r
System Name: Danice
Landing Points: Blaabjerg (Denmark), Landeyjarsandur (Iceland)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): $76,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,291
Initial Capacity: 1000 Gbps
Design Capacity: 5.1 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Farice Ltd.
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
System Name: DDSCN
Landing Points: Colombo (Sri Lanka), Hulhumalé (Maldives)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): $27,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,000
Owners: Dhiraagu
System Supplier: NEC
Region: Indian Ocean
System Name: Denmark - Germany 2
Landing Points: Gedser (Denmark), Ribnitz-Damgarten (Germany)
RFS Year: 1993
Est. End of Service Date: 2018
Est. System Cost (US$): $7,600,000
Total Length (kms): 45
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Deutsche Telekom AG, TDC
System Installer: Tele Danmark
Region: Baltic
R i b n i t z - D a m g a r t e n
DENMARK - NORWAY 5
System Name: Denmark - Norway 5
Landing Points: Ardendal (Norway), Hjrorring (Denmark)
RFS Year: 1992
Est. End of Service Date: 2017
Est. System Cost (US$): $9,560,000
Total Length (kms): 123
Initial Capacity: 2 Gbps
Owners: Norway PTT, TDC
Region: Baltic
System Name: Denmark - Norway 6
Landing Points: Kristiansand (Norway), Thisted (Denmark)
RFS Year: 1992
Est. End of Service Date: 2017
Est. System Cost (US$): $8,950,000
Total Length (kms): 124
Initial Capacity: 1.5 Gbps
Owners: Norway PTT, TDC
Region: Baltic
DENMARK - POLAND 2
System Name: Denmark - Poland 2
Landing Points: Gedebak Odde (Denmark), Mielno (Poland)
RFS Year: 1991
Est. End of Service Date: 2016
Est. System Cost (US$): $4,500,000
Total Length (kms): 110
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Polish Telecom, TDC
Region: Baltic
C o p e n h a g e n
System Name: Denmark - Russia
Landing Points: Copenhagen (Denmark), Kingisepp (Russia)
RFS Year: 1993
Est. End of Service Date: 2018
Est. System Cost (US$): $88,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,250
Initial Capacity: 280 Mbps
Owners: TDC
Region: Baltic
System Name: Didon
Landing Points: Kélibia (Tunisia), Mazara del Vallo, Sicily (Italy)
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Total Length (kms): 173
Fiber Pairs: 100 Gbps
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: DMCS
Landing Points: Dumai (Indonesia), Melaka (Malaysia)
RFS Year: 2005
Est. End of Service Date: 2030
Total Length (kms): 150
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps
Owners: PT Telekom, Telekom Malaysia
System Supplier: NEC
Region: Indian Ocean
System Name: EAC - C2C
Landing Points: Capepisa (Philippines), Changi (Singapore), Chikura (Japan), Chung Hom Kok (Hong Kong), Fangshan (Taiwan), Nanhui District (China), Nasugbu (Philippines), Pali (Taiwan), Pusan (South Korea), Shima (Japan), Singapore (Singapore), Taean (South Korea), Tanshui (Taiwan), Tseung Kwan O (Hong Kong), Vung Tau (Vietnam)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Total Length (kms): 35,429
Design Capacity: 30 Tbps
Owners: PACNET
System Supplier: NEC
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: EaSSy
Landing Points: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti), Maputo (Mozambique), Mogadishu (Somalia), Mombasa (Kenya), Moroni (Comoros), Mtunzini (South Africa), Port Sudan (Sudan), Toliary (Madagascar)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $263,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,900
Initial Capacity: 30 Gbps
Design Capacity: 4.72 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Bharti Airtel, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation, British Telecom, Comores Telecom, Etisalat, France Telecom, Mauritius Telecom, MTN Group, Neotel, Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Saudi Arabia, SPV2, Sudan Telecom Limited, Sudatel, Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited, WIOCC
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Indian Ocean
M o r a n t P o i n t
System Name: East - West
Landing Points: Morant Point (Jamaica), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Tortola (British Virgin Islands)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $35,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,700
Initial Capacity: 120 Gbps
Design Capacity: 720 Gbps
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Region: Carribean
System Name: ECFS
Landing Points: Anguilla (Anguilla), Baliff (Guadeloupe), Basseterre (St. Kitts & Nevis), Bridgetown (Barbados), Canefield (Dominica), Dickenson Bay (Antigua), Kingstown (St. Vincent), Martinique (Martinique), Montserrat (Montserrat), Port Salines (Grenada), St. Lucia (St. Lucia), St Martin (Netherlands Antilles), Tortola (British Virgin Islands), Trinidad (Trinidad)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): $56,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,875
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, BET (Barbados), C&W, France Telecom, TSTT
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: C&W (Marine)
Cableship: Mercury
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2009, 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Carribean
System Name: EE-S1
Landing Points: Kärdla (Estonia), Stavsnas (Sweden), Tallinn (Estonia)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Total Length (kms): 228
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Teliasonera
Region: Baltic
System Name: Europe India Gateway
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Bude (United Kingdom), Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Gibraltar (Gibraltar), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Monaco (Monaco), Mumbai (India), Muscat (Oman), Zafarana (Egypt), Sesimbra (Portugal), Tripoli (Libya)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $700,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 15,000
Initial Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Owners: AT&T, Bharti Airtel, British Telecom, BSNL, C&W, Djibouti Telecom, Du, Gibtelecom, Libyan Post, Telecom, and Information Technology Company, MTN Group, Omantel, PT Comunicações, Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Telekom SA, Verizon
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent, Tyco Telecommunications
Marine Surveyor: Fugro, UTEC and GEMS
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Middle East
L e c h a i n a
P a l e r m o
System Name: EMOS-1
Landing Points: Lechaina (Greece), Marmaris (Turkey), Palermo (Italy), Tel Aviv (Israel)
RFS Year: 1990
Est. End of Service Date: 2015
Est. System Cost (US$): $101,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,880
Initial Capacity: 280 Mbps
Owners: Telecom Italia
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
Region: Mediterranean
S y d n e y
K e a w a u l a
System Name: Endeavour
Landing Points: Keawaula (Hawaii), Sydney (Australia)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Total Length (kms): 9,125
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telstra (Australia)
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: Estepona-Tetouan
Landing Points: Estepona (Spain), Tetouan (Morocco)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Total Length (kms): 113
Initial Capacity: 3.7 Gbps
Owners: Telefonica
System Supplier: STC Submarine Systems
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: EurAfrica
Landing Points: Casablanca (Morocco), Funchal (Portugal), Sesimbra (Portugal), St. Hilaire (France)
RFS Year: 1992
Est. End of Service Date: 2017
Est. System Cost (US$): $150,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,100
Initial Capacity: 1 Gbps
Owners: France Telecom, ONPT Morocco, PT Comunicações
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors 1584 km., Northern Installer 1501 km.
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Europa
Landing Points: Pentaskhinos (Cyprus), Tripoli (Lebanon)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Owners: CYTA, Lebanese ministry of Telecommunications
Region: Mediterranean
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System Name: FA-1 North/South
Landing Points: Island Park (USA), Northport (USA), Plerin (France), Porthcurno (United Kingdom)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): $900,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,820
Initial Capacity: 4.68 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Svitzer, SAIC
Survey Boat: Vessel of Opportunity
Upgrader: Infinera, Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2010, 2011, 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Falcon
Landing Points: Al Ghaydah (Yemen), Al Hudaydah (Yemen), Al-Khobar (Saudi Arabia), Al Seeb (Oman), Aqaba (Jordan), Bandar-E Abbas (Iran), Chabahar (Iran), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dubai (UAE), Hulhumalé (India), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Manama (Bahrain), Mumbai (India), Port Sudan (Sudan), Suez (Egypt), Sumaisma (Qatar), Trivandrum (India)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): $900,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,181
Initial Capacity: 90 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2.56 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Indian Ocean, Middle East
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Far East
Landing Points: Mys Levashova (Russia), Okha (Russia), Magadan (Russia)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Total Length (kms): 1,900
Design Capacity: 16 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 80
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Rostelcom
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: Pacific
System Name: Farice-1
Landing Points: Dunnet Bay (Scotland), Funningsfjørður (Faroe Islands), Seyoisfjörður (Iceland)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 1,395
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Owners: Farice Ltd., Iceland Telecom Ltd.
System Supplier: Pirelli
Cableship: Pertinacia
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
A l d e b u r g h
System Name: Farland
Landing Points: Aldeburgh (United Kingdom), Domburg (Netherlands)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Total Length (kms): 149
Initial Capacity: 18 Gbps
Owners: British Telecom
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Atlantic
D o m b u r g
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: FastnetConnect
Landing Points: Cork (Ireland), Lannion (France)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Owners: Sea Fibre Networks Region: Atlantic
System Name: Fehmarn Belt
Landing Points: Puttgarden (Germany), Rödbyhavn (Denmark)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Total Length (kms): 20
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: Nexans
Cableship: Pleijel
Region: Baltic
R i o s
System Name: FibraLink
Landing Points: Kingstown (St. Vincent), Montego Bay (Jamaica), Ocho Rios (Jamaica), Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Total Length (kms): 2,438
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps per fiber pair
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Colombus Networks
System Supplier: Alcatel
System Installer: International Telecom
Cableship: IT Intrepid
Region: Carribean
System Name: Fiber Optic Gulf
Landing Points: Doha (Qatar), Dubai (UAE), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Manama (Bahrain)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Est. System Cost (US$): $80,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,286
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Bahrain Telephone Co., Kuwait Ministry of Communications, Qatar Telecommunication Company, UAE Telecommunications Company
System Supplier: Fujitsu
Region: Middle East
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Fibre Atlantic
Landing Points: Bordeaux (France), Virginia Beach, Virginia (USA)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): $250,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 6,250
Design Capacity: 60 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: SemanticNet BV
Region: Atlantic
System Name: FLAG Europe-Asia
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Aqaba (Jordan), Ben Pak Para (Thailand), Estepona (Spain), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Hong Kong (China), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Keoje (South Korea), Miura (Japan), Mumbai (India), Nanhui District (China), Ninomiya (Japan), Palermo (Italy), Penang (Malaysia), Porthcurno (United Kingdom), Satun (Thailand), Songkhla (Thailand), Suez (Egypt)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Total Length (kms): 27,433
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 80 Gbps
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic, Mediterranean, Pacific
System Name: Flag/Reach North Asia Loop
Landing Points: Pusan (South Korea), Tong Fuk (Hong Kong), Toucheng (Taiwan), Wada (Japan)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): $900,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,792
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber pairs
Owners: FLAG Telecom, Level 3 Communications
Upgrader: Ciena, Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2011, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
FLORES - CORVO
System Name: Flores - Corvo
Landing Points: Flores (Azores), Corvo (Azores), Graciosa (Azores), Faial (Azores)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Total Length (kms): 685
Design Capacity: 0.96 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 16
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Viatel (Azores)
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Fiber Optic Gulf
Landing Points: Doha (Qatar), Dubai (UAE), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Manama (Bahrain)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Est. System Cost (US$): $80,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 1,286
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Bahrain Telephone Co., Kuwait Ministry of Communications, Qatar Telecommunication Company, UAE Telecommunications Company
System Supplier: Fujitsu
Region: Middle East
B a t a n g a s
System Name: G-P
Landing Points: Batangas (Philippines), Tanguisson (Guam)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Total Length (kms): 3,600
Initial Capacity: 52.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pair
Owners: AT&T
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Pacific
System Name: Gulf Bridge International Cable System
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Al Hidd (Bahrain), Al-Khobar (Saudi Arabia), Al Seeb (Oman), Bushehr (Iran), Doha (Qatar), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Mazara (Italy), Mumbai (India), Zafa
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $445,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 4,719
Design Capacity: 2.5 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs express route, 2 Fiber Pairs other landings
Channels: 128
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Gulf Bridge International
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Mediterranean, Middle East, Indian Ocean
System Name: Gemini Bermuda
Landing Points: Manasquan, NJ (USA), Bermuda
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Total Length (kms): 1,500
Owners: C&W, Verizon
Region: Atlantic
N o v o r o s s i y s k
System Name: Georgia-Russia
Landing Points: Novorossiysk (Russia), Poti (Georgia), Sochi (Russia)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Total Length (kms): 280
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: DanTelco, FOPTNET, Rostelecom
Region: Black Sea
System Name: GLO-1
Landing Points: Accra (Ghana), Bude (United Kingdom), Casablanca (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Sesimbra (Portugal), Vigo (Spain)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $800,000,000
Total Length (kms): 8,717
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2.5 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Globacom Ltd.
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Batz, IT Intrepid
Marine Surveyor: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Global Caribbean Network
Landing Points: Baie-Mahault (Guadeloupe), Baliff (Guadeloupe), Basseterre (St. Kitts & Nevis), Bridgetown (Barbados), Canefield (Dominica), Dickenson Bay (Antigua), Galisbay (St Martin), Hams Bluff (Virgin Islands), Kingstown (St. Vincent), Le Lamentin (Martinique), Macqueripe (Trinidad), Port Castries (St Lucia), Port Salines (Grenada)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): $17,520,000.00
Total Length (kms): 1,926
Initial Capacity: 1.2 Tbps
Owners: Global Carribean Network
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Carribean
System Name: Global Nexus
Landing Points: Freeport (Bahamas), Halifax (Canada)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): $115,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,500
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Global Nexus Telecommunications Ltd
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Atlantic
System Name: GlobeNet
Landing Points: Bermuda (Bermuda), Boca Raton (USA), Fortaleza (Brazil), Maiquetia (Venezuela), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Tuckerton (USA)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): $970,000,000
Total Length (kms): 22,690
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: Globenet
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2010
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic, Carribean
System Name: GO-1
Landing Points: Cantina (Sicily), Mazara (Italy), St George’s Bay (Malta), St Paul’s Bay (Malta)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Total Length (kms): 290
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Owners: GO
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Elettra
Cableship: Teliri
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: GOKI
Landing Points: Incheon (Korea), Kita-Kyushu (Japan), Okinawa Prefecture (Japan), Tumon (Guam)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Total Length (kms): 4,200
Design Capacity: 80 Gbps
Owners: AT&T
System Supplier: Xtera Communications
System Installer: Kokusai Cable Ship
Region: Pacific
System Name: Gondwana-1
Landing Points: Lifou (New Caledonia), Mouli Island (New Caledonia), Noum’ea (New Caledonia), Poindimie (New Caledonia), Sydney (Australia)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): $57,500,000
Total Length (kms): 2,152
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: Post and Telecommunications Office of New Caledonia
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Re
Region: Pacific
System Name: Greenland Connect
Landing Points: Landeyjarsandur (Iceland), Milton (Canada), Nuuk (Greenland), Qaqortoq (Greenland)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $126,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,733
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 960 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Tele Greenland
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Cableship: Maersk Responder, Blue Castor, Ile de Sein
Marine Surveyor: Elettra
Region: Atlantic
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Guantánamo Bay Cable
Landing Points: Guantánamo Bay (Cuba), Florida (USA)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $31,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,500
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: US Government
System Supplier: Xtera Communications, NSW
System Installer: IT International Telecom
Region: Carribean
System Name: GWEN
Landing Points: Bari (Italy), Corfu (Greece)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 647
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: OTE
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Hannibal
Landing Points: Kelibia (Tunisia), Mazara (Italy)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Total Length (kms): 180
Design Capacity: 9.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 80
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Tunisie Telecom (Tunisia)
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Sovereign
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Hantru-1
Landing Points: Ebeye (Kwajalein), Majuro (Marshall Islands), Pohnpei (Micronesia), Reagan Test Site (Kwajalein), Tumon (Guam)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Total Length (kms): 2,908
Owners: Hannon Armstrong
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Hawaiki
Landing Points: Oregon (USA), Sydney (Australia), Hawaii (USA), Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Wallis, Samoa, American Samoa, Whangarei (New Zealand)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): $300,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 14,000
Design Capacity: 12.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Hawaiki Cable Ltd.
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: Pacific
System Name: Hawk Cable System
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Anatoliko (Cyprus), Marseille (France)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $249,371,314
Total Length (kms): 3,181
Initial Capacity: 2.72 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 68
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
System Supplier: Fujitsu
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Hibernia Atlantic
Landing Points: Coleraine (Ireland), Dublin (Ireland), Herring Cove (Canada), Lynn (USA), Southport (United Kingdom)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Total Length (kms): 12,111
Initial Capacity: 10.16 Tbps
Owners: Columbia Ventures Corporation
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors, Iberus, Nordic King, Teneo, Dock Express 20, Global Mariner, Atlantida
Upgrader: Huawei Marine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Hibernia Express
Landing Points: London (UK), New York (USA), Cork (Ireland)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $250,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 6,387
Design Capacity: 53 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Hibernia Atlantic
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: Atlantic
New York London
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Honotua
Landing Points: Huahine (French Polynesia), Moorea (French Polynesia), Papeete (French Polynesia), Spencer Beach (USA), Uturoa (Raiatea, French Polynesia), Vaitape (Bora Bora, French Polynesia)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $122,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,634
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: OPT French Polynesia
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Pacific
System Name: HSCS
Landing Points: Ishikari (Japan), Nevelsk (Russia)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Total Length (kms): 559
Design Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: NTT Communications, TTK
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: KDD
Cableship: Subaru
Region: Pacific
System Name: Hugo
Landing Points: Guernsey (Guernsey), Lannion (France), Porthcurno (United Kingdom)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): $11,960,000
Total Length (kms): 426
Initial Capacity: 3.3 Tbps
Owners: C&W
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Tyco SSI
Cableship: Tycom Reliance
Region: Atlantic
P o r t h c u r n o G u e r n s e y
System Name: I-ME-WE
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Catania (Italy), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Karachi (Pakistan), Marseille (France), Mumbai (India), Suez (Egypt), Tripoli (Lebanon)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Total Length (kms): 13,000
Initial Capacity: 520 Gbps
Design Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Owners: Bharti Airtel, Etisalat, France Telecom, Ogero (Lebanon), PTCL (Pakistan), STC (Saudi Arabia), Tata Communications, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia Sparkle
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Cableship: Cable Innovator
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Upgrader: Mitsubishi
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Middle East
C h e n n a i
System Name: i2i
Landing Points: Chennai (India), Tuas (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Total Length (kms): 3,100
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 42 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 105
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Bharti Airtel
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: ICN1 (Interchange I)
Landing Points: Port Vila (Vanuatu), Suva (Fiji)
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): $32,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,259
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps
Owners: Interchange Limited
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: ICN2 (Interchange II)
Landing Points: Port Moresby (Papau New Guinea), Port Vila (Vanuatu), Luganville (Vanuatu), Honiara (Solomon Islands)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $72,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,500
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pair
Channels: 32
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Interchange Limited
Region: Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: ICX
Landing Points: Mumabi (India), Singapore
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Total Length (kms): 5,060
Design Capacity: 32 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pair
Channels: 80
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
Region: Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: IslaLink
Landing Points: Brazil, Europe
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): $1,130,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 24,000
Owners: Telebras
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Italy - Albania
Landing Points: Bari (Italy), Durres (Albania)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Total Length (kms): 236
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pair
Owners: Telecom Italia Sparkle
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Italy - Greece
Landing Points: Corfu (Greece), Otranto (Italy)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Total Length (kms): 161
Initial Capacity: 1.69 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telecom Italia
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Italy - Libya
Landing Points: Mazara (Italy), Tripoli (Libya)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Total Length (kms): 570
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Design Capacity: 40 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telecom Italia
Upgrade Year: 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Italy - Monaco
Landing Points: Monaco (Monaco), Savona (Italy)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Total Length (kms): 162
Initial Capacity: 565 Mbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telecom Italia
Region: Mediterranean
P a l e r m o
System Name: ITUR
Landing Points: Istanbul (Turkey), Novorossiysk (Russia), Odesa (Ukraine), Palermo (Italy)
RFS Year: 1996
Est. End of Service Date: 2021
Total Length (kms): 3,466
Initial Capacity: 1.6 Tbps
Owners: Telecom Italia
System Supplier: Pirelli, AT&T SSI
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors, Dock Express 20
Region: Black Sea, Mediterranean
System Name: JaKa2DeLeMa
Landing Points: Bandjermasin (Indonesia), Benculuk (Indonesia), Jember (Indonesia), Ketapang (Indonesia), Mataram (Indonesia), Pangkalanbun (Indonesia), Pontianak (Indonesia), Sangata (Indonesia), Toweli (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $116,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,800
Initial Capacity: 960 Gbps
Design Capacity: 9.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 32
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Owners: PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia
System Supplier: NSW, Fujitsu
System Installer: Fujitsu
Upgrader: Fujitsu
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: JAKABARE
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Pontianak (Indonesia), Tuas (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Total Length (kms): 1,330
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: Indosat
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: NEC
Cableship: Cable Innovator
Region: Pacific
System Name: Japan-US
Landing Points: Kitaibaraki (Japan), Makaha (Hawaii), Maruyama (Japan), Morro Bay (USA), Point Arena (USA), Shima (Japan)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Total Length (kms): 21,880
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 16
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, Japan Telecom, KDDI, MCI-WorldCom, NTTWN
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu, Ocean Cable Company
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Subaru, Cable Innovator
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: Jasuka
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Pontianak (Indonesia), Tanjung Pandan (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Total Length (kms): 354
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps
Owners: PT Telekom
System Supplier: Nokia Siemens Networks
System Installer: Nokia Siemens Networks
Marine Surveyor: Nokia Siemens Networks
Upgrader: Nokia Siemens Networks
Upgrade Year: 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: JIH
Landing Points: Chikura (Japan), Fukuoka (Japan), Hamada (Japan), Ibaraki (Japan), Ishikari (Japan), Kochi (Japan), Kumihama (Japan), Matsutou (Japan), Miyazaki (Japan), Naoetsu (Japan), Niigata (Japan), Ninomiya (Japan), Okinawa Prefecture (Japan), Sendai (Japan), Shima (Japan), Toyohashi (Japan)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Total Length (kms): 10,300
Owners: KDDI, Telstra (Australia)
System Supplier: Ocean Cable Company, Hitachi Cable Ltd
System Installer: C&W (Marine)
Cableship: Cable Innovator, Nexus, Pacific Link, Oceanic Link
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: KAFOS
Landing Points: Istanbul (Turkey), Mangalia (Romania), Varna (Bulgaria)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Total Length (kms): 4,640
Initial Capacity: 1.2 Gbps
Owners: BTC, Turk Telecom
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
Region: Black Sea
System Name: Kattegat-1
Landing Points: Gothenburg (Sweden), Jutland (Denmark)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Total Length (kms): 180
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: TDC
Region: Baltic
System Name: Keltra-2
Landing Points: Kelibia (Tunisia), Trapini (Italy)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Total Length (kms): 209
Design Capacity: 20 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telecom Italia, Tunisie Telecom (Tunisia)
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Khulna - Chennai
Landing Points: Chennai (India), Khulna (Bangladesh)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $48,000,000
Total Length (kms): 115
Owners: Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company
Region: Indian Ocean
System Name: KJCN (Korea-Japan Cable Network)
Landing Points: Fukuoka (Japan), Kita-Kyushu (Japan), Pusan (South Korea)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Total Length (kms): 500
Initial Capacity: 50 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2.88 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 12 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 24
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: KEPCO, KT Coropration, NTT Communications, SOFTBANK Telecom Corp
System Supplier: Fujitsu
System Installer: Fujitsu
Cableship: Maersk Recorder
Region: Pacific
N a r r o w
System Name: Kodiak Kenai
Landing Points: Anchorage (USA), Homer (USA), Kenai (USA), Kodiak (USA), Narrow Cape (USA), Seward (USA)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Total Length (kms): 971
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Design Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Kodiak Kenai Cable Company
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2010
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: Kuwait-Iran
Landing Points: Kharg (Iran), Soroosh (Iran), Failaka (Kuwait)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Total Length (kms): 334
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Ministry of Communication, Kuwait and Telecommunication Infrastructure Company, Iran
System Installer: e-Marine
Region: Middle East
M a z a r a
System Name: LEV
Landing Points: Mazara (Italy), Tel Aviv (Israel), Yeroskipos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): $177,658,000
Total Length (kms): 2,600
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 8 wavelengths of 1550 nm
Owners: Telecom Italia Sparkle
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Tyco
Telecommunications
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: LION
Landing Points: Sainte Marie (Reunion Island), Terre Rouge (Mauritius), Toamasina (Madagascar)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Total Length (kms): 1,091
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: France Telecom, Mauritius Telecom, Orange Madagascar
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Chamarel
Region: Indian Ocean
LION-2
System Name: LION-2
Landing Points: Mombasa (Kenya), Mayotte (Mayotte)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): $76,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,000
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: France Telecom-Orange, Mauritius Telecom, Orange Madagascar, Telkom Kenya, Emtel Ltd
System Installer: Alpha Logistics
Region: Indian Ocean
System Name: MAC
Landing Points: Brookhaven (USA), Hollywood (USA), St Croix (US Virgin Islands)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Total Length (kms): 7,461
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Global Crossing
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Fresnel
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2010, 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps
Region: Atlantic, Carribean
MAIN ONE
System Name: Main One
Landing Points: Accra (Ghana), Lagos (Nigeria), Seixal (Portugal)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $240,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 7,000
Initial Capacity: 1.92 Tbps
Owners: Main One Cable Company
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Cableship: Resolute
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Malaysia Domestic (Northern Link)
Landing Points: Mersing (Malaysia), Kuantan (Malaysia), Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)
Total Length (kms): 1,800
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telekom Malaysia
System Supplier: Fujitsu
Region: Pacific
System Name: Malaysia Domestic (Southern Link)
Landing Points: Mersing (Malaysia), Kuching (Malaysia), Miri (Malaysia), Labuan (Malaysia), Bintulu (Malaysia), Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Total Length (kms): 2,342
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telekom Malaysia
System Supplier: Fujitsu
Region: Pacific
P h e t c h a b u r i
System Name: Malaysia-Thailand
Landing Points: Kuantan New Port (Malaysia), Phetchaburi (Thailand), Songkhla (Thailand)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Total Length (kms): 1,276
Initial Capacity: 560 Mbs
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
System Supplier: Fujitsu
Region: Pacific
System Name: Mataram-Kupang
Landing Points: Mataram (Indonesia), Sumbawa Besar (Indonesia), Ambalawi (Indonesia), Saraemee (Indonesia), Waingapu (Indonesia), Ende (Indonesia), Kupang (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $94,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,318
Design Capacity: 1.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 30
Channel Capacity: 10
Owners: PT Telkom
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: Pacific
System Name: Matrix
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Changi (Singapore), Jakarta (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Total Length (kms): 1,438
Initial Capacity: 60 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2.56 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Matrix Networks and NAP Info
System Supplier: TE Subcom
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Wave Mercury, Cable Networker (barge)
Region: Pacific
[Planned]
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Mauritius-Rodrigues Island
Landing Points: Mauritius, Rodrigues Island
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $32,000,000
Total Length (kms): 550
Owners: Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (Mauritius)
Region: Indian Ocean
System Name: Maya-1
Landing Points: Cancun (Mexico), Hollywood (USA), Maria Chiquita (Panama), Puerto Limon (Costa Rica), Tolu (Colombia)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Total Length (kms): 4,506
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: MAYA-1 Consortium
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Tyco Telecommunications
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Carribean
System Name: MBDC
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Dumai (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $40,000,000
Total Length (kms): 330
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Moratelindo
Region: Pacific
MED CABLE NETWORK
M a r s e i l l e
System Name: Med Cable Network
Landing Points: Algiers (Algeria), Annaba (Algeria), Marseille (France)
RFS Year: 2005
Est. End of Service Date: 2030
Total Length (kms): 1,300
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Owners: Med Cable
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: MedNautilus
Landing Points: Catania (Italy), Chania (Greece), Haifa (Israel), Istanbul (Turkey), Koropi (Greece), Tel Aviv (Israel)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Total Length (kms): 5,729
Initial Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Telecom Italia Sparkle
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2011, 2012, 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Mediterranean
MELITA-1
System Name: MELITA-1
Landing Points: Pozallo (Italy), St Paul’s Bay (Malta)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $14,000,000
Total Length (kms): 100
Initial Capacity: 50 Mbps
Owners: Melita Infrastructure Ltd.
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: Middle East North Africa
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Al Seeb (Oman), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Mazara (Italy), Mumbai (India), Zafarana (Egypt)
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): $350,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 8,800
Initial Capacity: 57.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 96
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Orascom Telecom
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, TE SubCom
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks, TE SubCom, e-Marine
Cableship: Maersk Responder, Ile de Sein, Niwa, Decisive
Marine Surveyor: EGS, Blue Star, Elettra
Region: Mediterranean, Middle East, Indian Ocean
System Name: MIC-1
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Changi (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): $12,000,000
Total Length (kms): 70
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Moratelindo
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Region: Pacific
System Name: Micronesia Cable System
Landing Points: Majuro (Marshall Islands), Kwajalein (Marshall Islands), Pohnpei (Micronesia), Guam
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Total Length (kms): 174
Owners: Federals States of Micronesia Telecommunications Authority, Marshall Island National Telecommunications Authority
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: Pacific
M a z a r a C a t a n i a Y e r o s k i p o u
System Name: Minerva
Landing Points: Catania (Italy), Mazara (Italy), Yeroskipos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Channels: DWDM wavelengths
Owners: Telecom Italia Sparkle
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Systems
Region: Mediterranean
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Brazil-US
Landing Points: Santos (Brazil), Fortaleza (Brazil), Boca Raton, Florida (United States)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Total Length (kms): 10,556
Design Capacity: 64 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Algar Telecom, Angola Cables, Antel, Google
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: Atlantic
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: New Cross Pacific
Landing Points: China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, US
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Total Length (kms): 14,000
Design Capacity: 80 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Chunghwa Telecom, KT Corp.
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Pacific
System Name: Neptune Canada
Landing Points: Port Alberni (Canada)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): $62,000,000
Total Length (kms): 800
Owners: University of Victoria
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Sein
Marine Surveyor: NEPTUNE Canada
Region: Pacific
System Name: Norsea Com-1
Landing Points: Lowestoft (United Kingdom), Tysvær (Norway)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Total Length (kms): 800
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Owners: North Sea Communications AS
System Supplier: Alcatel AKN
Region: Atlantic
W h i t t i e r
System Name: Northstar
Landing Points: Juneau (USA), Nedonna Beach (USA), Valdez (USA), Whittier (USA)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Total Length (kms): 3,385
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Alaska Communications Systems
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: C&W (Marine)
Cableship: Maersk Fighter, Fu Lai
Region: Pacific
G r o v e r B e a c h T i j u a n a
System Name: PAC
Landing Points: Colon (Panama), Fort Amadour (Panama), Grover Beach (USA), Mazatlán (Mexico), Puerto Viejo (Venezuela), St Croix (US Virgin Islands), Tijuana (Mexico)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): $350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,451
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Global Crossing
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Cableship: Agile
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Region: Carribean, Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Palau - Guam
Landing Points: Palau, Guam
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Owners: Palau Telecoms
System Supplier: Xtera Communications
System Installer: Xtera Communications
Region: Pacific
Battery
Pratt
Baby Beach
Barranquilla Punto Fijo
Panama City
Magens Bay Butler’s Bay
System Name: PanAm
Landing Points: Arica (Chile), Baby Beach (Aruba), Barranquilla (Colombia), Battery Pratt (Panama), Butler’s Bay (St. Croix), Lurin (Peru), Magens Bay (Virgin Islands), Panama City (Panama), Punto Fijo (Venezuela), Salinas (Ecuador)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Total Length (kms): 6,867
Initial Capacity: >10 Gbps
Owners: Antel (El Salvador), AT&T, Cable Andino, CANTV (Venezuela), CNT, C&W, Embratel, Entel (Chile), Setar, Telecom Colombia, Telmex
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Region: Carribean, Pacific
R e d c a r
System Name: Pangea
Landing Points: Beverwijk (Netherlands), Fanø (Denmark), Lowestoft (United Kingdom), Måde (Denmark), Redcar (United Kingdom)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Total Length (kms): 511
Initial Capacity: 7 Tbps
Owners: Pangea Ltd
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Nexans
Cableship: Pleijel
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Region: Atlantic
S h i m a A j i g a u r a
H a r b o r P o i n t e
G r o v e r B e a c h
System Name: PC-1
Landing Points: Grover Beach (USA), Harbor Pointe (USA), Shima (Japan), Shima (Japan)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): $1,000,000,000
Total Length (kms): 20,910
Initial Capacity: 1.8 Tbps
Design Capacity: 3 Tbps
Owners: NTT Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: Pacific Caribbean Cable System
Landing Points: Jacksonville, Florida (USA), Manta (Ecuador), Tortola (Puerto Rico), Hudishibana (Aruba), Willemstad (Curaçao), Cartagena (Colombia), Maria Chiquita and Balboa (Panama)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Total Length (kms): 6,000
Initial Capacity: 100 Gbps
Design Capacity: 80 Tbps
Owners: Cable & Wireless Communications, Setar, Telconet, Telefónica Global Solutions, United Telecommunication Services
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Caribbean
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: PCX (Pacific Cloud Xchange)
Landing Points: Tokyo (Japan), California (USA)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Total Length (kms): 8,300
Design Capacity: 40 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
Region: Pacific
S e a f o r d
B r o a d s t a i r s
System Name: PEC
Landing Points: Bredene (Belguim), Broadstairs (United Kingdom), Seaford (United Kingdom), Veules-les-Roses (France)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Total Length (kms): 170
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Global Crossing Region: Atlantic
V e u l e s - l e s - R o s e s
B r e d e n e
System Name: PPC-1
Landing Points: Madang (Papua New Guinea), Piti (Guam), Sydney (Australia)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $200,000,000
Total Length (kms): 7,185
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2.56 Tbps
Owners: PIPE Networks Ltd.
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications
Cableship: Durable, Decisive
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: Qatar-UAE
Landing Points: Das Island (UAE), Halul (Qatar)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 208
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
System Installer: e-Marine
Cableship: Etisalat
Region: Middle East
System Name: RJCN
Landing Points: Nakhodka (Russia), Naoetsu (Japan)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Total Length (kms): 1,795
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: Rostelecom
Region: Pacific
System Name: RJK (Russia-Japan-Korea)
Landing Points: Nakhodka (Russia), Naoetsu (Japan), Pusan (South Korea)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): $93,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,715
Initial Capacity: 1.12 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Rostelecom
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu, Ocean Cable Company Segments B2-3
System Installer: KDD
Cableship: Kuroshio Maru, Maersk Recorder (473 km)
Region: Pacific
System Name: SAC
Landing Points: Fortaleza (Brazil), Fort Amadour (Panama), Las Toninas (Argentina), Lurin (Peru), Puerto Viejo (Venezuela), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Santos (Brazil), St Croix (US Virgin Islands), Valparaiso (Chile)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Total Length (kms): 15,983
Initial Capacity: 100 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.2 Tbps
Owners: Global Crossing
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2010, 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps
Region: Atlantic, Carribean, Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: South Atlantic Cable System
Landing Points: Luanda (Angola), Fortaleza (Brazil)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): $160,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 6,000
Initial Capacity: 40 Tbps
Design Capacity: 40 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Angola Cables
System Supplier: NEC
Region: Atlantic
C a p e T o w n D u r b a n
System Name: South Africa-Far East
Landing Points: Baie du Jacotet (Mauritius), Cape Town (South Africa), Cochin (India), Durban (South Africa), Penang (Malaysia), Saint-Paul (Reunion)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Total Length (kms): 13,669
Initial Capacity: 440 Gbps
Owners: France Telecom, Tata Communications, Telekom SA
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Indian Ocean, Pacific
System Name: SAM-1
Landing Points: Arica (Chile), Barranquilla (Colombia), Boca Raton (USA), Fortaleza (Brazil), Las Toninas (Argentina), Lurin (Peru), Mancora (Peru), Puerto Barrios (Guatemala), Puerto San Jose (Guatemala), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Salinas (Ecuador), Salvador (Brazil), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Santos (Brazil), Valparaiso (Chile)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Total Length (kms): 24,140
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.92 Tbps
Owners: Telefonica
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2009, 2010, 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic, Carribean, Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: SAPL (South America Pacific Link)
Landing Points: Hilo, Hawaii (USA), Oahu, Hawaii (USA), Balboa (Panama), Manta (Ecuador), Arica (Chile), Santiago (Chile), Lima (Peru)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Total Length (kms): 9,400
Design Capacity: 30 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs, 10 Tbps per pair
Owners: Ocean Networks
System Supplier: Xtera Communications
System Installer: Xtera Communications
Region: Pacific
P o r t S u d a n
System Name: SAS-1
Landing Points: Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Port Sudan (Sudan)
RFS Year: 2003
Est. End of Service Date: 2028
Total Length (kms): 333
Initial Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: STC (Saudi Arabia)
Region: Middle East
J e d d a h
System Name: SAT-2
Landing Points: El Medano (Spain), Funchal (Portugal), Melkbosstrand (South Africa)
RFS Year: 1993
Est. End of Service Date: 2018
Est. System Cost (US$): $270,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,500
Initial Capacity: 560 Mbps
Owners: Consortium
System Supplier: Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd, Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: BT Marine, FCR Cableship: Vercors, Sovereign
Region: Atlantic
Sesimbra Chipiona
System Name: South Atlantic 3
Landing Points: Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Accra (Ghana), Alta Vista (Spain), Chipiona (Spain), Cotonou (Benin), Dakar (Senegal), Douala (Cameroon), Lagos (Nigeria), Libreville (Gabon), Luanda (Angola), Melkbosstrand (South Africa), Sesimbra (Portugal)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Total Length (kms): 14,350
Initial Capacity: 340 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Angola Telecom, AT&T, British Telecom, Camtel of Cameroon, CIT, Cote dIvoire Telecom, CPRM, C&W, France Telecom (12.08%), Ghana Telecom, Maroc Telecom of Morocco, Mauritius Telecom, Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd, Nitel (8.39%), OPT Benin, OPT Gabon, PT
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
Hong Kong
System Name: SCAN
Landing Points: Hong Kong, Indonesia
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $337,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,300
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.92 Tbps
Owners: PT. Fangbian Iskan Corporindo, Telemedia Pacific Inc.
System Supplier: NEC
Region: Pacific
System Name: SCF-CN
Landing Points: Basseterre (St. Kitts & Nevis), Bridgetown (Barbados), Kingstown (St. Vincent), Martinique (Martinique), Port Castries (St Lucia), Port Salines (Grenada), Redcar (Trinidad and Tobago)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Total Length (kms): 1,186
Initial Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: SCF (Group Loret)
Region: Carribean
Sesimbra
Teutan
Mazara Chania Marmaris Yeroskipou
Alexandria Suez
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 55 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 8
Channel Capacity: 2.5 Gbps, 10 Gbps
System Name: SEA-ME-WE 3
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Al Seeb (Oman), Batangas (Philippines), Chania (Greece), Cochin (India), Da Nang (Vietnam), Deep Water Bay (Hong Kong), Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (Sri Lanka), Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti), Fangshan (Taiwan), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Goonhilly (United Kingdom), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Karachi (Pakistan), Keoje (South Korea), Marmaris (Turkey), Mazara (Italy), Medan (Indonesia), Mersing (Malaysia), Mumbai (India), Nanhui District (China), Norden (Germany), Okinawa Prefecture (Japan), Oostende (Belguim), Penang (Malaysia), Penmarch (France), Perth (Australia), Pyapon (Myanmar), Satun (Thailand), Sesimbra (Portugal), Shantou (China), Suez (Egypt), Taipa (Macau), Tetouan (Morocco), Toucheng (Taiwan), Tuas (Singapore), Tungku (Brunei), Yeroskipos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): $1,500,000,000
Total Length (kms): 39,622
Nanhui Keoje
Taipa ShantouDeepWater Bay
Toucheng Okinawa
Fangshan
Owners: SEA-ME-WE 3 Consortium
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu, Pirelli, KDDSCS, Tyco Telecommunications
Cableship: Agile, Maersk Defender, Maersk Fighter, Fresnel, Fu Lai, Nexus, Leon Thevinin, Vercors, Raymond Croze, Etisalat, Umm Al Anber
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Region: Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Middle East, Pacific
System Name: SEA-ME-WE 4
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Annaba (Algeria), Bizerte (Tunisia), Chennai (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Cox’s Bazaar (Bangladesh), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Karachi (Pakistan), Marseille (France), Melaka (Malaysia), Mumbai (India), Mumbai (India), Palermo (Italy), Satun (Thailand), Suez (Egypt), Tuas (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2005
Est. End of Service Date: 2030
Est. System Cost (US$): $500,000,000
Total Length (kms): 18,846
Initial Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Design Capacity: 5.12 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps
Owners: Algerie Telecom, Algeria, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bangladesh, Bharti Airtel, CAT Telecom (Thailand), Du, France Telecom, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, Pakistan, Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka Telecom Limited (SLT), Sri Lanka, Tata Communications (Network Administrator), Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia Sparkle , Telekom Malaysia, Tunisie Telecom (Tunisia), Verizon
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu
Cableship: Niwa, Descartes
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Middle East
System Name: South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5
Landing Points: Marseille (France), Annaba (Algeria), Palermo (Italy), Bizerte (Tunisia), Alexandria (Egypt), Suez (Egypt), Jedda (Saudi Arabia), Fujairah (UAE), Karachi (Pakistan), Mumbai (India), Chennai (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh), Satun (Thailand), Singapore (Singapore), Malacca (Malacca)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $1,000,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 20,000
Design Capacity: 24 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Project Completion Phases: Pre-Engineering Survey System Manufacture System Installation Commissioning & Acceptance
Owners: Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd, China Mobile International Ltd, China Global Telecommunications Limited, China Network Communications Group Co Ltd, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co, Orange, Myanmar Post and Telecom, PT Telekomunikasi Indo
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, NEC
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, NEC
Region: Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: South East Asia-United States
Landing Points: Manado (Indonesia), Davao (Phillippines), Guam, Hawaii (United States), Los Angeles, California (United States)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): $250,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 15,000
Design Capacity: 20 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin), Globe Telecom, RAM Telecom International (RTI), Hawaiian Telcom, GTI Corporation, Telkom USA, GTA
System Supplier: NEC
Region: Pacific
System Name: Seabras-1
Landing Points: Miami (USA), Fortaleza (Brazil), Sao Paolo (Brazil)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $700,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 10,750
Initial Capacity: 100 Gbps
Design Capacity: 60 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Seaborn Networks, Microsoft
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Atlantic
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
es Salaam
System Name: Seacom
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti), Maputo (Mozambique), Mombasa (Kenya), Mtunzini (South Africa), Mumbai (India), Zafarana (Egypt)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $600,000,000
Total Length (kms): 13,601
Initial Capacity: 110 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: Convergence Partners (12.50%), Herakles Telecom LLC (25%), Industrial Promotion Services (25%), Shanduka Group (12.50%), VenFin Limited (25%)
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Cableship: Durable, Decisive, Dependable, Resolute, Responder
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Indian Ocean
J u n e a u
H a w k
I n l e t
A n g o o n
S i t k a
P e t e r s b u r g
System Name: SEAK
Landing Points: Angoon (USA), Hawk Inlet (USA), Juneau (USA), Ketchikan (USA), Petersburg (USA), Sitka (USA), Wrangell (USA)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: GCI
Region: Pacific
W r a n g e l l
K e t c h i k a n
N o r r t ä l j e
System Name: SF-S 4
Landing Points: Mariehamn (Finland), Norrtälje (Sweden), Turku (Finland)
RFS Year: 1993
Est. End of Service Date: 2018
Total Length (kms): 85
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel, Telepaatti
Region: Baltic
M a r i e h a m n T u r k u
System Name: SFL
Landing Points: Mariehamn (Finland), Vaddo (Sweden)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 62
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Teliasonera
Region: Baltic
M a r i e h a m n
C h a g u a r a m a s
G e o r g e t o w n
System Name: SG - SCS
Landing Points: Chaguaramas (Trinidad), Georgetown (Guyana), Totness (Suriname)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $54,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,249
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Co. Ltd, Telesur of Suriname
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Sovereign
Region: Carribean
System Name: Shefa 2
Landing Points: Ayre of Cara (UK), Banff (UK), Maywick (UK), Sandwick (Scotland), Tórshavn (Faroe Islands)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): $27,000,000
Total Length (kms): 828
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 570 Gbps
Owners: Faroese Telecom
System Supplier: NSW
System Installer: International Telecom
Cableship: IT Intrepid
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Silphium
Landing Points: Chania (Greece), Darnah (Libya)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Total Length (kms): 426
Initial Capacity: 70 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.2 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 40
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Libyan Post, Telecom, and Information Technology Company
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: South-East Asia Japan Cable
Landing Points: Chikura (Japan), Lantau (Hong Kong), Nasugbu (Philippines), Shantou (China), Telisai (Brunei), Tuas (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): $400,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 9,841
Initial Capacity: 17 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: SJC Consortium (Brunei International Gateway Sendirian Berhad, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Telecom (Hong Kong) International Ltd., Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., Globe Telecom, Inc., Google SJC Bermuda Ltd., KDDI Corporation, Singapore Telecom, Telin,
System Supplier: TE SubCom, NEC
Region: Pacific
System Name: SKKL-JS
Landing Points: Jakarta (Indonesia), Surabaja (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 1996
Est. End of Service Date: 2021
Total Length (kms): 713
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Owners: Indosat
Region: Pacific
J a k a r t a
S u r a b a j a
System Name: SMPR-1
Landing Points: San Juan (Puerto Rico), St Martin (Netherlands Antilles)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Est. System Cost (US$): $15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 382
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Smitcoms
Region: Carribean
System Name: Solas
Landing Points: Kilmore Quay (Ireland), Oxwich Bay (UK)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): $6,000,000
Total Length (kms): 140
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Owners: Eircom
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Wave Sentinel
Region: Atlantic
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Solomon Island to the World
Landing Points: Honiara (Solomon), Sydney (Australia), Auki (Soloman), Noro (Soloman)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $60,000,000
Total Length (kms): 827
Owners: Solomons Oceanic Cable Company
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Pacific
B r o o k v a l e
A l e x a n d r i a
System Name: Southern Cross Cable Network
K a h e
P o i n t
T a k a p u n a
W h e n u a p a i
Landing Points: Alexandria (Australia), Brookvale (Australia), Kahe Point (Hawaii), Morro Bay (USA), Nedonna Beach (USA), Spencer Beach (USA), Suva (Fiji), Takapuna (New Zealand), Whenuapai (New Zealand)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): $1,300,000,000
Total Length (kms): 30,000
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.24 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs Segments A,C,G1,G2,I. 4 Fiber Pairs
Segments D and F
Channels: 16
S p e n c e r
B e a c h
Owners: Southern Cross Cable Network
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Cable Innovator laid 13761 km, Nexus laid 3306 km, Vercors laid 10007 km. Fresnel laid 800 km
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2012, 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
SUB System Name: Sub
Landing Points: Bandjermasin (Indonesia), Makassar (Indonesia), Surabaja (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Total Length (kms): 2,100
Initial Capacity: 50 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: PT Telekom
Region: Pacific
S u r a b a j a B a n d j e r m a s i n
M a k a s s a r
System Name: Svalbard
Landing Points: Andøy (Norway), Harstad (Norway), Hotellneset (Norway)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 2,800
Initial Capacity: 4.8 Tbps
Owners: Telenor
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Polar
System Name: T-V-H
Landing Points: Deep Water Bay (Hong Kong), Sri Racha (Thailand), Vung Tau (Vietnam)
RFS Year: 1996
Est. End of Service Date: 2021
Est. System Cost (US$): $155,600,000
Total Length (kms): 3,367
Initial Capacity: 1.12 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Vietnam Telecom International
System Supplier: Fujitsu, Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Pacific
System Name: Taino Carib
Landing Points: Magens Bay (Virgin Islands), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Tortola (British Virgin Islands)
RFS Year: 1992
Est. End of Service Date: 2017
Est. System Cost (US$): $17,000,000
Total Length (kms): 186
Initial Capacity: 560 Mbps
Owners: Trans-Caribbean Cable Company
System Supplier: AT&T SSI
System Installer: C&W (Marine)
Cableship: Mercury
Region: Carribean
System Name: Tangerine
Landing Points: Broadstairs (United Kingdom), Oostende (Belguim)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Total Length (kms): 121
Initial Capacity: 240 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 96 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Level 3 Communications
Region: Atlantic
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Tasman Global Access
Landing Points: Australia, New Zealand
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): $71,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 2,300
Design Capacity: 30 Tbps
Owners: Spark New Zealand, Vodafone, Telstra
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Pacific
System Name: Tasman-2
Landing Points: Sydney (Australia), Whenuapai (New Zealand)
RFS Year: 1992
Est. End of Service Date: 2017
Est. System Cost (US$): $100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,249
Initial Capacity: 3 x 560 Mbps
Owners: Telecom New Zealand
System Supplier: Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
Region: Pacific
T u c k e r t o n
System Name: TAT-14
Landing Points: Blaabjerg (Denmark), Katwijk (Netherlands), Manasquan (USA), Norden (Germany), Saint-Valeryen-Caux (France), Tuckerton (USA), Widemouth (UK)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Total Length (kms): 15,453
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 9.38 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 40
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: TAT-14 Consortium
System Supplier: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Cable Innovator, Cable Endeavour, Bold Endurance, Wave Sentinel, Subaru, Maersk Recorder, Maersk Forwarder, Sir Eric Sharp, Agile, Teliri, Fresnel, Vercors
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Upgrader: Mitsubishi
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
M a r s e i l l e
System Name: TE North
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Pentaskinos (Republic of Cyprus), Marseille (France)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $150,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,938
Initial Capacity: 10 Tbps
Design Capacity: 20 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telecom Egypt
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Middle East
System Name: TEAMS
Landing Points: Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Mombasa (Kenya)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $130,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,500
Initial Capacity: 120 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: Etisalat (15%), TEAMS Ltd. (85%)
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: e-Marine
Cableship: Niwa
Region: Indian Ocean
System Name: TGN Eurasia
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Marseille (France), Mtunzini (South Africa), Mumbai (India), Zafarana (Egypt)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $250,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,240
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: SEACOM, Tata Communications, Telecom Egypt
Region: Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Middle East
TGN GULF
System Name: TGN Gulf
Landing Points: Al-Khobar (Saudi Arabia), Dubai (UAE), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Manama (Bahrain), Sumaisma (Qatar)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): $200,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,306
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Middle East
System Name: TGN Intra-Asia (IA)
Landing Points: Ballesteros (Philippines), Deep Water Bay (Hong Kong), Piti (Guam), Singapore (Singapore), Toyohashi (Japan), Vung Tau (Vietnam)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Total Length (kms): 6,485
Initial Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Pacific
System Name: TGN Northern Europe
Landing Points: De Marne (Netherlands), Humanby (UK)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Total Length (kms): 551
Initial Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Tata Communications
Region: Atlantic
M a r n e
System Name: TGN Transatlantic
Landing Points: Highbridge (UK), Saunton Sands (UK), Wall Township (USA)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Total Length (kms): 12,670
Initial Capacity: 2.56 Tbps
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Atlantic
System Name: TGN Transpacific
Landing Points: Emi (Japan), Hermosa Beach (USA), Nedonna Beach (USA), Toyohashi (Japan)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Total Length (kms): 21,424
Initial Capacity: 5.12 Tbps
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
System Name: TGN Western Europe
Landing Points: Bilbao (Spain), Highbridge (UK), Seixal (Portugal)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Total Length (kms): 3,487
Initial Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Atlantic
TGN-TIC
System Name: TGN-TIC
Landing Points: Chennai (India), Tuas (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2005
Est. End of Service Date: 2030
Total Length (kms): 3,175
Initial Capacity: 5.12 Tbps
Owners: Tata Communications
Region: Indian Ocean, Pacific
System Name: Tierra del Fuego
Landing Points: Punta Dungeness (Argentina), Espiritu Santo (Argentina)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): $5,000,000
Total Length (kms): 27
Owners: AR-SAT
System Supplier: Boskalis, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Batz
Region: Atlantic
System Name: TIS
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Songkhla (Thailand)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): $36,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,003
Initial Capacity: 30 Gbps
Owners: CAT Telecom (Thailand), PT Telekom, Singtel
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Pacific
C h e n n a i
System Name: TISICS
Landing Points: Chennai (India), Changi (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 3,175
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Tata Communications
Region: Indian Ocean
System Name: Tonga-Fiji
Landing Points: Nuku’alofa (Tonga), Suva (Fiji)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): $18,900,000
Total Length (kms): 827
Owners: Tonga Cable Limited
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Network
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Network
Region: Pacific
N i n o m i y a
M i y a z a k i
K e a w a u l a B a n d o n S a n L u i s O b i s p o
T u m o n
System Name: TPC-5
Landing Points: Bandon (USA), Keawaula (Hawaii), Miyazaki (Japan), Ninomiya (Japan), San Luis Obispo (USA), Tumon (Guam)
RFS Year: 1996
Est. End of Service Date: 2021
Est. System Cost (US$): $171,000,000
Total Length (kms): 24,441
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: AT&T, KDDI
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Cableship: Durable
Region: Pacific
N e d o n n a
B e a c h
Q i n g d a o K e o j e
C h o n g m i n g
F u z h o u
T a n s h u i
System Name: TPE
Landing Points: Chongming (China), Shin-Maruyama (China), Keoje (South Korea), Nedonna Beach (USA), Qingdao (China), Tanshui (Taiwan)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): $500,000,000
Total Length (kms): 17,772
Initial Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Design Capacity: 5.12 Tbps
Owners: AT&T, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom International, KT Coropration, Verizon, NTT Com
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Cable Innovator
Upgrader: TE SubCom
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps
Region: Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Trident
Landing Points: Perth, Onslow (Australia), Jakarta (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): $290,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,600
Design Capacity: 38 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber pairs
Perth-Singapore (8 Tbps), 1 fibre pair
Perth-Jakarta (10 Tbps), 1 fibre pair Onslow-Jakarta (10 Tbps) and 1 fibre pair Perth-Onslow (10 Tbps)
Channels: Perth-Singapore 40, rest 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Trident Subsea Cable
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: Pacific
System Name: Trinidad - Curaçao
Landing Points: Curaçao (Curaçao), Trinidad (Trinidad)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Total Length (kms): 1,240
Initial Capacity: 1.875 Tbps
Owners: Colombus Networks, New World Network
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI, Alcatel, NEC
System Installer: Tyco SSI
Cableship: Tyco Durable, Ile de Sein, Ile de Batz, Fu Hai, Segero, Cable Innovator
Region: Carribean
TRIPOLI-BENGHAZI CABLE [Planned]
System Name: Tripoli-Benghazi Cable
Landing Points: Benghazi (Libya), Tripoli (Libya)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Total Length (kms): 1,000
Fiber Pairs: 10 Tbps per pair
Owners: Libyan International Telecommunication Company
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
TUBROK-EMASED
System Name: Tubrok-Emased
Landing Points: Tobruk (Libya), El Quawef (Libya)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Total Length (kms): 180
Design Capacity: 25.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 80
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: Mediterranean
Tobrok El-Quawef
System Name: TWA-1
Landing Points: Al Seeb (Oman), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Karachi (Pakistan)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Total Length (kms): 1,300
Initial Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: Trans-World Associates
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Middle East
Telecoms consulting of submarine cable systems for regional and trans-oceanic applications
System Name: Ugarit
Landing Points: Pentaskhinos (Cyprus), Tartus (Syria)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): $16,000,000
Total Length (kms): 240
Initial Capacity: 622 Mbps
Owners: Cypress Telecommunications Authority
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Region: Mediterranean
L a s T o n i n a s
M a l d o n a d o
F l o r i a n o p o l i s
System Name: Unisur
Landing Points: Florianopolis (Brazil), Las Toninas (Argentina), Maldonado (Uruguay)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): $74,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,720
Initial Capacity: 560 Mbps
Owners: Antel (Uruguay), Embratel, Telecom Argentina, Telefonica de Argentina
Region: Atlantic
System Name: Unity
Landing Points: Chikura (Japan), Los Angeles (USA)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $300,000,000.00
Total Length (kms): 9,486
Initial Capacity: 1.92 Tbps
Design Capacity: 4.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 5 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, Google, KDDI, PACNET, Singtel
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Pacific
VANUATU - PAPUA NEW GUINEA [Planned]
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Vanuatu - Papua New Guinea
Landing Points: Port Vila (Vanuatu); Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Total Length (kms): 3,000
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.2 Tbps
Owners: Interchange (Vanuatu)
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Pacific
System Name: Ventspils-Gotland
Landing Points: Fårösund (Sweden), Stockholm (Sweden), Ventspils (Latvia)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 175
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 34 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Baltcom
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Baltic
VMSCS
System Name: VMSCS
Landing Points: Balluta (Malta), Catania (Italy)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 250
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Vodafone Malta
Region: Mediterranean
System Name: WACS
Landing Points: Accra (Ghana), Alta Vista (Spain), Cape Verde (Cape Verde), Douala (Cameroon), Lagos (Nigeria), Lome (Togo), Luanda (Angola), Muanda (DRC), Pointe Noire (Congo), Sesimbra (Portugal), Walvis Bay (Namibia), Whitesands Bay (UK)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): $600,000,000
Total Length (kms): 11,378
Initial Capacity: 500 Gbps
Design Capacity: 5.1 Tbps
Owners: Angola Cables, Broadband Infraco, Congo Telecom, C&W, MTN Group, Office Congolais de Poste et Telecommunication, PT Comunicações, Tata Communications, Telecom Namibia, Telekom SA, Togo Telecom, Vodacom
Region: Atlantic
System Name: WARF
Landing Points: Cochin (India), Hulhumalé (India)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Total Length (kms): 680
Owners: WARF Telecom International
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Region: Indian Ocean
System Name: Western Visayas - Palawan
Landing Points: Taytay, Palawan; San Jose de Buenavista, Iloilo (Philippines)
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): $20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 300
Owners: PLDT (Philippines)
Region: Pacific
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Faster
Landing Points: Chikura, Japan; Shima, Japan; Oregon, USA
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Initial Capacity: 28 Tbps
Design Capacity: 60 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Google, China Telecom, China Mobile, Global Transit, KDDi, SingTel
System Supplier: NEC
Region: Pacific