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Submarine Cable Almanac Issue 19 | August 2016
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CFX-1 ..................................................160
CHINA-US .........................................162
CONCERTO-1....................................174
CORFU-BAR ......................................176
DANICA NORTH 178
DANICA SOUTH 180
DANICE 182
DARE 184
DDSCN ...............................................186
DENMARK-NORWAY 5 ..................188
DENMARK-NORWAY 6 ..................190
DENMARK-POLAND 2 ..................192
DIDON................................................194
SEA-ME-WE
SEA-ME-WE
466
TANNAT ............................................468
TASMAN GLOBAL ACCESS ..........470
TAT 14 .................................................472
TE NORTH .........................................474
TEAMS ................................................476
TGN EURASIA ..................................478
TGN GULF .........................................480
TGN INTRA-ASIA ............................482
TGN NORTHERN EUROPE ...........484
TGN TRANSATLANTIC .................486
TGN TRANSPACIFIC ......................488
TGN WESTERN EUROPE ...............490
TGN-TATA INDIACOM ..................492
TGN-TIC .............................................494
TIERRA DEL FUEGO .......................496
TIS ........................................................498
TONGA-FIJI .......................................500
System Name: Asia Africa Europe [Planned]
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$): 600,000,000
Total Length (kms): 25,000
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/aae-1/
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Design Capacity: 40 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 5
Channels: 80
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: British Telecom, China Unicom, Chuan Wei, Djibouti Telecom, Etisalat, HKT (PCCW Global), Mobily, Omantel, Ooredoo, PTCL, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Yemen, Viettel, OTEG, Reliance Jio, Time.com, TOT
System Supplier: TE SubCom, NEC
System Installer: TE SubCom
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian
Lantau La Union
Tanguisson
Keawaula
System Name: Asia-America Gateway
Landing Points: Changi (Singapore), Keawaula (Hawaii), Lantau (Hong Kong), La Union (Philippines), Mersing (Malaysia), Grover Beach (USA), Sri Racha (Thailand), Tanguisson (Guam), Tungku (Brunei), Vung Tau (Vietnam)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 500,000,000
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, ASEAN Cableship, NEC, Orange Marine
Cableship: Rene Descartes
System Maintainer: AT&T, PLDT, Starhub Ltd, Telstra International, TM Berhad
Upgrader: Mitsubishi, Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2011, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Transpacific
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/aag/
San Luis Obispo
Brookhaven
Westerland
Whitesands Bay Beverwijk
System Name: Atlantic Crossing 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$): 875,000,000
Total Length (kms): 13,377
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Level 3 Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Maintainer: Level 3 Communications
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2010
Upgraded Capacity: 20 Gbps
Region: Transatlantic
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ac-1/
Widemouth Bay
Bellport
System Name: Atlantic Crossing 2
Landing Points: Bellport (USA), Widemouth (UK)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): 700,000,000
Total Length (kms): 6,185
Initial Capacity: 320 Gbps
Design Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: Level 3 Communications
System Maintainer: Level 3 Communications
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2010
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps
Region: Transatlantic
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ac-2/
System Name: Africa Coast To Europe - Phase 1
Landing Points: Penmarch (France), Lisbon (Portugal), Tenerife (Spain), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Dakar (Senegal), Banjul (The Gambia), Conakry (Guinea), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Monrovia (Liberia), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Accra (Ghana), Cotonou (Benin), Lagos (Nigeria), Kribi (Cameroon), Bata (Equatorial Guinea), Libreville (Gabon)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): 500,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,000
Design Capacity: 12.8 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Benin Telecoms, Cable Consortium of Liberia, Canalink Africa SL, Côte d’Ivoire Telecom, Dolphin Telecom JLT, Gambia Submarine Cable, Guinéenne de Large Bande, International Mauritania Telecom, MEO, MTN, Orange (France), Orange Cameroun, Orange Mali, Orang
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (Main contractors), TE SubCom (Sub contractors)
System Installer: Orange Marine
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
System Maintainer: Orange, PT Comunicações S.A., Sonatel, Gestor de Infraestructuras de Guinea Ecuatorial (GITGE)
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ace/
System Name: Africa Coast To Europe - Phase 2 [Planned]
Landing Points: Santana (São Tomé and Príncipe), Muanda (DRC), Luanda (Angola), Swakopmund (Namibia), Cape Town (South Africa),
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): 200,000,000
Total Length (kms): 5,000
Design Capacity: 12.8 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Benin Telecoms, Cable Consortium of Liberia, Canalink Africa SL, Côte d’Ivoire Telecom, Dolphin Telecom JLT, Gambia Submarine Cable, Guinéenne de Large Bande, International Mauritania Telecom, MEO, MTN, Orange (France), Orange Cameroun, Orange Mali, Orang
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (Main contractors), TE SubCom (Sub contractors)
System Installer: Orange Marine
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
System Maintainer: Orange, PT Comunicações S.A., Sonatel, Gestor de Infraestructuras de Guinea Ecuatorial (GITGE)
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ace/
Santana
Muanda Luanda
Swakopmund
CapeTown
System Name: Angola Domestic Network System
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$): 35,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,800
Initial Capacity: 30 Gbps
Design Capacity: 80 Gbps
Owners: Angola Telecom
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: Elettra
Cableship: Teleri
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ adones/
Cabinda Soyo
Nzeto
Luanda
Porto Amboim
Benguela
Lucira
Namibe
System Name: ADRIA-1
Landing Points: Corfu (Greece), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Durres (Albania)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A.
Region: EMEA
Dubrovnik
Durres
Corfu
System Name: America Europe Connect
Landing Points: Shirley, New York (United States); Killala, Ireland
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 300,000,000
Total Length (kms): 5,536
Design Capacity: 52 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 130
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: AquaComms
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Cableship: Reliance
Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/aec/
Killala
System Name: Australia-Japan Cable
Landing Points: Maruyama (Japan), Oxford Falls (Australia), Shima (Japan), Sydney (Australia), Tanguisson (Guam), Tumon (Guam)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: Australia Japan Cable, SoftBank Telecom Corp
Upgrader: Ciena, Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2012, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Transpacific News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ajc/
Maruyama
Shima
Tanguisson Tumon
Oxford Falls Sydney
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$): 100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,968
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Alaska Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: ACS Cable Systems
Region: Americas
ALASIA
System Name: Alasia
Landing Points: Pentaskhinos (Cyprus), Tartus (Syria)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): 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: EMEA
Valdez Whittier
Juneau
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
Est. System Cost (US$): 100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,751
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Design Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: GCI
System Supplier: NEC
System Maintainer: General Communication Incorporated
Region: Americas
Harbor Pointe
ALASKA UNITED WEST
W h i t t i e r
System Name: Alaska United West
Landing Points: Ketchikan (USA), Warrenton (USA), Whittier (USA)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Est. System Cost (US$): 30,000,000
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
System Maintainer: General Communication Incorporated
Region: Americas
K e t c h i k a n W a r r e n t o n
System Name: ALBA-1
Landing Points: Camuri (Venezuela), Ocho Rios (Jamaica), Santiago De Cuba (Cuba), Siboney (Cuba)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): 72,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,600
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: Telecom Venezuela, Transbit SA
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Telecomunicaciones Gran Caribe
Marine Surveyor: EGS
Survey Boat: RV Ridley Thomas
Region: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ alba-1/
Camuri
T a r t u s
A l e x a n d r i a
System Name: Aletar
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Tartus (Syria)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: Telecom Egypt
Region: EMEA
System Name: Alexandros
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Marseille (France), Pentaskhinos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Total Length (kms): 3,500
Design Capacity: 10 Tbps
Owners: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, Telecom Egypt
System Maintainer: Cypress Telecommunications Authority
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ alexandros/
Marseille
Alexandria
Pentaskhinos
ALONSO DE OJEDA
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$): 8,700,000
Total Length (kms): 128
Initial Capacity: 15 Gbps
Design Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Antelecom NV
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: IT International Telecom
System Maintainer: Setar NV, United Telecommunications Services
Region: Americas
Willemstad
Ses Covetes
System Name: Alpal-2
Landing Points: El Djemila (Algeria), Ses Covetes (Majorca)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: Telefonica de España, S.A.U.
Region: EMEA
El Djemila
AMERICAN
System Name: American Samoa-Fiji [Planned]
Landing Points: Pago Pago (American Samoa), Fiji
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 35,000,000
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: American Samoa Hawaii Cable
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=american+samoa+fiji
American Samoa
Project Completion Phases: Pre-Engineering Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation Commissioning & Acceptance
AMERICAS I
System Name: Americas I
Landing Points: Magens Bay (Virgin Islands), Vero Beach (USA)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: AT&T, Telecom Services Trinidad & Tobago
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2010
Upgraded Capacity: 20 Gbps
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=americas+I
Vero Beach
Magens Bay
AMERICAS I SOUTH
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: Americas
Magens Bay
Camuri Macqueripe
Fortaleza
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$): 350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 8,373
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Design Capacity: 210 Gbps
Owners: Antelecom NV, AT&T, Brazil Telecom, CANTV (Venezuela), Embratel, France Telecom, GT&T, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telesur, Telintar, Trescom Int., TSTT, Verizon
System Supplier: ASN Australia, Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Cableship: Global Link
System Maintainer: AT&T, Orange, Telecom Services Trinidad & Tobago, United Telecommunications Services
Region: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=Americas+II
Camuri Chaguaramas
Cayenne
Fortaleza
Hollywood
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
System Name: Amerigo Vespucci
Landing Points: Bonaire (Netherlands), Curacao (Curacao)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): 15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 84
System Maintainer: United Telecommunication Services
Region: Americas
Bonaire
Curaçao
System Name: America Movil Submarine Cable System-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 Repub
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): 700,000,000
Total Length (kms): 17,800
Initial Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: America Movil
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro, EGS
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ amx-1/
Fortaleza
Rio de Janeiro Maimi Puerto Plata San Juan
Barranquilla Cartagena
Cancun
Puerto Barrios
System Name: Antel
Landing Points: Las Toninas (Argentina), Maldonado (Uruguay)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): 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: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ antel/
Las Toninas
Maldonado
Hams Bluff
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: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=antilles+crossing
Port Castries
Bridgetown
Upgrader: NEC
Upgrade Year: 2011, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ apcn2/
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$): 1,100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 19,000
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 25.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom International, CTM, France Telecom, KDDI, KT Coropration, NTT Communications, PLDT (Philippines), Reach NHK, Singtel, Telekom Malaysia
System Supplier: Ocean Cable Company
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Cable Retriever, Bold Endurance, Fu Lai, Asean Restorer, Maersk Recorder, Maersk Repeater, Maersk Responder, Maersk Reliance, Subaru, Kuroshio Maru, Cable Installer. Barges, Networker, Elbe, Chin Ann 3
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
System Maintainer: China Telecommunications Corporation, Chunghwa Telecom Co., KDDI, KT Corporation, NTT Communications Corporation, PLDT, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, TM Berhad
Batangas
Lantau Shantou
Tanshui
Chongming
Chikura Kitaibaraki
Pusan
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Da Nang
System Name: Asia Pacific Gateway [Planned]
Landing Points: Chongming (China), Da Nang (Vietnam), Kuantan (Malaysia), Tseung Kwan (Hong Kong), ShinMaruyama (Japan), Nanhui District (China), Busan (South Korea), Shima (Japan), Songkhla (Thailand), Toucheng (Taiwan), Tanah Merah (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 313,000,000
Total Length (kms): 10,400
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, FPT Corp.
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: NTT Com, S.B. Submarine Systems, NEC
System Maintainer: China Telecommunications Corporation, Chunghwa Telecom Co.
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/apg/
Pusan Shima
Chongming Toucheng
Lantau
Songkhla
Maruyama
System Name: Aphrodite 2
Landing Points: Chania (Greece), Yeroskipos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): 30,000,000
Total Length (kms): 868
Initial Capacity: 1.12 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, Belgacom, British Telecom, Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (62%), France Telecom, OTE, Sprint, Verizon
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Skandi Hav
Region: EMEA
Chania
Yeroskipos
System Name: Australia Papua New Guinea 2
Landing Points: Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Sydney (Australia)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: Telstra International
Region: AustralAsia
Point Moresby
Widemouth Bay Lannion
System Name: Apollo
Landing Points: Brookhaven (USA), Lannion (France), Manasquan (USA), Widemouth (UK)
RFS Year: 2003
Est. End of Service Date: 2028
Est. System Cost (US$): 350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,700
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Design Capacity: 25 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Alcatel, Apollo SCS Limited, C&W
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Batz, Ile de Brehat, Ile de Sein, Skandi Neptune
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2012, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ apollo/
Manasquan
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Asia Pacific Express Central [Planned]
Landing Points: Adelaide (Australia), Hobart (Australia), Melbourne (Australia), Perth (Australia)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 150,000,000
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: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/apxcentral/
Hobart Melbourne
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Oahu
Hermosa Beach
System Name: Asia Pacific Express East [Planned]
Landing Points: Auckland (New Zealand), Hermosa Beach (United States), Oahu, Hawaii (United States), Sydney (Australia)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,700
Design Capacity: 40 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: SubPartners
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: Transpacific News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=APXEast
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Asia Pacific Express West [Planned]
Landing Points: Jakarta (Indonesia), Christmas Island (Australia), Perth (Australia), Singapore
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 150,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,600
Design Capacity: 20 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: SubPartners, Singtel, Telstra
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=APXWest
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 (G
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 250,000,000
Total Length (kms): 8,700
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1 Tbps
Owners: Alestra (Mexico), AT&T, Axtel (Mexico), BTC (Bahamas), BTL (Belize), CANTV (Venezuela), Codetel (Dominican Republic), Colombus Networks, Enitel (Nicaragua), Hondutel (Honduras), ICE (Costa Rica), Impsat (USA), Internexa (Colombia), Orbinet SA (Colombia),
System Supplier: Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke (Tyco Telecommunications, Partial)
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
System Maintainer: Colombus Networks USA Inc., United Telecommunications Services
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2008, 2016
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=arcos
Riohacha Punto Fijo Willemstad
Tulum Cancun
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Australia-Singapore Cable [Planned]
Landing Points: Perth (Australia), Tanah Mera (Singapore), Anyer (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 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: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=australia-singapore+cable
System Name: 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$): 412,000,000
Total Length (kms): 7,200
Design Capacity: 15.36 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 128
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: NTT Communications (Japan), PLDT (Philippines), StarHub (Singapore), Telekom Malaysia
System Supplier: Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corporation
System Installer: S.B. Subarine Systems, NTT, NEC
System Maintainer: NTT Communications Corporation, PLDT, StarHub, TM Berhad
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ase/
System Name: America Samoa Hawaii
Landing Points: Keawaula (Hawaii), Pago Pago (American Samoa)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 100,000,000
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
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Ré
System Maintainer: Telecom New Zealand
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ash/
Keawaula
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: EMEA
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$): 370,000,000
Total Length (kms): 13,100
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 160 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs, Initial: 2 wavelengths, Design: 8 wavelengths
Channels: 2 to 8
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Cabo Verde Telecom, Deutsche Telekom AG, Embratel, France Telecom, Marconi, Sonatel, Telecom Argentina, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telefonica de Argentina, Telintar, Verizon
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Pirelli, Fujitsu
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Raymond Croze, Fresnel, Vercors, Teneo, Teliri, Maersk Defender
System Maintainer: PT Comunicações S.A., Sonatel, Telefonica de España S.A.U., Telefonica International Wholesale Services
Region: Transatlantic
Fortaleza
Rio de Janeiro
Las Toninas
Dakar
El Medano
Funchal
Conil
Lisbon
Praia
A s i l a h M a r s e i l l e
System Name: Atlas Offshore
Landing Points: Asilah (Morocco), Marseille (France)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): 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: EMEA
Puerto Montt
System Name: Austral [Planned]
Landing Points: Puerto Montt (Chile), Punta Arenas (Chile)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,800
Owners: AUSTRAL University of Magellan, Magellan CPC
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
System Installer: IT International Telecom Region: Americas
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Punta Arenas
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Australia West Express [Planned]
Landing Points: Perth, Australia; Djibouti
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 300,000,000
Total Length (kms): 10,100
Design Capacity: 20 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 200 Gbps
Owners: GoTo Networks
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=australia+west+express
Perth
BAHAMAS-2
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
Est. System Cost (US$): 25,000,000
Total Length (kms): 478
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, Balteco, Verizon
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
System Maintainer: AT&T, Bahamas Telecommunications Company
Region: Americas
G e d s e r
System Name: Baltica
Landing Points: Dueodde (Bornholm), Gedser (Denmark), Kolobrzeg (Poland), Ystad (Sweden)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): 16,000,000
Total Length (kms): 437
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Polish Telecom, TDC, Telecom Finland, Telenor, Teliasonera
System Maintainer: Orange Polska S.A., TDC A/S, TeliaSonera International Carrier AB
Region: EMEA
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$): 39,000,000
Total Length (kms): 760
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Owners: Telecom Italia, Telefonica
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Maintainer: Telecom Italia Sparkle, Telefonica de España S.A.U.
Region: EMEA
S a v o n a
I n v e r l o c h S t a n l e y
System Name: Bass Strait 2
Landing Points: Inverloch (Australia), Stanley (Tasmania, Australia)
RFS Year: 2003
Est. End of Service Date: 2028
Est. System Cost (US$): 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: AustralAsia
System Name: Bay of Bengal Gateway
Landing Points: Sri Lanka, Singapore, Oman, UAE
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): 30,000,000
Total Length (kms): 8,040
Initial Capacity: 6.4 Tbps
Design Capacity: 55 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Bay of Bengal Consortium
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile De Brehat
Marine Surveyor: EGS
Survey Boat: Northern Endeavour
System Maintainer: E-marine
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/bbg/
BCS EAST
System Name: BCS East
Landing Points: Liepaja (Latvia), Sventoji (Lithuania)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): 15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 98
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Teliasonera
Region: EMEA
Sventoji Liepaja
BCS EAST-WEST INTERLINK
Sandviken
System Name: BCS East-West Interlink
Landing Points: Sandviken (Sweden), Sventoji (Lithuania)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 218
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel
Region: EMEA
Sventoji
System Name: BCS North
Landing Points: Hango (Finland), Haraldsholm (Finland), Helsingfors (Finland), Kotka (Finland), Mariehamn (Finland), Stavsnas (Sweden)
RFS Year: 2003
Est. End of Service Date: 2028
Est. System Cost (US$): 30,000,000
Total Length (kms): 793
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Rostelecom, Teliasonera
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel
System Maintainer: TeliaSonera International Carrier AB
Region: EMEA
Stavsnas
Mariehamn Haraldsholm Hango Helsingfors
Kotka Logi
System Name: Batam-Dumai-Melaka
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Dumai (Indonesia), Melaka (Malaysia)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 76,000,000
Total Length (kms): 400
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2.56 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: PT Mora Telematika, PT XL Axiata, Telekom Malaysia
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks
System Maintainer: TM Berhad
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ bdm/
Melaka
Dumai
Batam
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Best Cable System [Planned]
Landing Points: Brunei; Sabah; Malaysia; Southern Philippines; Kalimantan, Indonesia; extension to Guam
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 150,000,000
Total Length (kms): 5,092
Owners: Best Cable Corp. Pte. Ltd.
Region: AustralAsia
Palau Yap
Brunei Indonesia
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$): 40,000,000
Total Length (kms): 338
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 960 Gbps
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: BSNL, Sri Lanka Telecom Limited (SLT), Sri Lanka
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: NEC
System Maintainer: Sri Lanka Telecom
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ bharat-lanka/
Tuticorin
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
System Name: Bahamas Internet Cable System
Landing Points: Boca Raton (USA), Crown Haven (Bahamas), Freeport (Bahamas), Marsh Harbour (Bahamas), Nassau (The Bahamas), Riding Point (Bahamas), Rock Sound (Bahamas), Sandy Point (Bahamas), Upper Bogue (Bahamas)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 31,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,000
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Design Capacity: 12 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Carribbean Crossings
Region: Americas
System Name: Balkans-Italy Network
Landing Points: Bari (Italy), Durres (Albania)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 21,700,000
Total Length (kms): 276
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Unifi
Region: EMEA
B a r i
D u r r e s
BIOS / JONAH
System Name: BIOS/Jonah
Landing Points: Tel Aviv (Israel), Bari (Italy)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,300
Owners: Bezeq International
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Elettra
Region: EMEA
B a r i
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$): 11,000,000
Total Length (kms): 250
Owners: ASTCA (American Samoa)
System Supplier: IT International Telecom
System Installer: IT International Telecom
Marine Surveyor: IT International Telecom
Region: AustralAsia
Tutuila
Ofu
Luma
Aunu'u
System Name: Boracay-Palawan
Landing Points: Taytay (Philippines), San Jose (Philippines), Coron (Philippines); Boracay (Philippines), Caticlan (Philippines)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
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: AustralAsia
System Name: Botnia
Landing Points: Umea (Sweden), Vaasa (Finland)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): 8,500,000
Total Length (kms): 77
Initial Capacity: 1.2 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: NKT
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel
System Maintainer: TeliaSonera International Carrier AB Region: EMEA
V a a s a
System Name: Batam-Rengit Cable System
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Sungai Rengit (Malaysia)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 63
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Excelcom
Region: AustralAsia
Sungai Rengit
Batam
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Brazil-USA [Planned]
Landing Points: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Fortaleza, Brazil; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Total Length (kms): 1,1000
Owners: Telefonica
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Americas
Fortaleza
Rio de Janeiro
San Juan
Virginia Beach
System Name: Batam Singapore Cable System
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Changi (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 13,100,000
Total Length (kms): 73
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telekom Indonesia
System Supplier: Ocean Cable Company
System Installer: Stena Offshore, ASEAN Cableship, NEC
Cableship: Northern Installer
Region: AustralAsia
Changi
Batam
System Name: Black Sea Fibre Optic Cable System
Landing Points: Novorossiysk (Russia), Odesa (Ukraine), Varna (Bulgaria)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A., OJSC “Rostelecom”
Region: EMEA
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$): 8,000,000
Total Length (kms): 262
Design Capacity: 622 Mbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (62%), Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications (38%)
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority
Region: EMEA
Fortaleza Cameroon
System Name: Cameroon-Brazil [Planned]
Landing Points: Fortaleza, Brazil; Kribi, Cameroon
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Est. System Cost (US$): 487,000,000
Total Length (kms): 5,900
Design Capacity: 32 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 80
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: CamTel, China Unicom
System Supplier: Huawei Marine
System Installer: Global Marine
Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=cameroon-brazil
System Name: Canalink
Landing Points: Cadiz (Spain), Tenerife (Spain)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 157,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,000
Design Capacity: 5.12 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 128
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Isalink, IT3
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro, Elettra
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ canalink/
C a d i z
P e n n a n t
P o i n t
V e s t m a n n a e y j a r
Tjөrnuvik
System Name: CanTaT-3
Landing Points: Blaabjerg (Denmark), Pennant Point (Canada), Redcar (United Kingdom), Tjørnuvík (Faroe Islands), Vestmannaeyjar (Iceland), Westerland (Germany)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): 385000000
Total Length (kms): 6450
Initial Capacity: 7.5 Gbps
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: BT Marine, TeleDanmark, Orange Marine Region: Transatlantic
CAUCASUS CABLE SYSTEM
System Name: Caucasus Cable System
Landing Points: Poti (Georgia), Varna (Bulgaria)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): 76,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,187
Design Capacity: 9 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Caucasus Online
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Upgrader: TE SubCom
Upgrade Year: 2016
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ caucasus-cable-system/
Charlestown
Bermuda
System Name: Challenger Bermuda-1
Landing Points: Bermuda (Bermuda), Charlestown, Rhode Island (United States)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 50,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,448
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps
Owners: Cable Company Ltd, Verizon
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Maintainer: Cable Co Ltd, Verizon Ltd
Region: Americas
System Name: Caribbean-Bermuda US
Landing Points: Manasquan (USA), Tortola (British Virgin Islands)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): $10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,609
Owners: LIME
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI, IT
International Telecom
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2016
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=cbus
Tortola
Manasquan
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Ceiba-2 [Planned]
Landing Points: Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; Bata, Equatorial Guinea; branching unit to Kribi, Cameroon
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 290
Design Capacity: 8 Tbps
Owners: Republic of Equatorial Guinea
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Region: EMEA
Malabo
Bata Kribi
System Name: CeltixConnect
Landing Points: Dublin (Ireland), Holyhead (UK)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 22,000,000
Total Length (kms): 131
Initial Capacity: 960 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 72 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Sea Fibre Networks
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ celtixconnect/
System Name: Colombia-Florida Subsea Fiber
Landing Points: Boca Raton (USA), Cartagena (Columbia), Morant Point (Jamaica)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Total Length (kms): 2,439
Initial Capacity: 110 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2.5 Tbps per Fiber Pair
Owners: Columbus Networks
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: Colombus Networks USA, Inc.
Upgrader: TE SubCom
Upgrade Year: 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 2.5 Tbps per fiber pair
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=cfx-1
Boca Raton
Morant Point
Cartagena
Bandon
San Luis Obispo Shantou
Tanguisson
System Name: China-US
Landing Points: Bandon (USA), Chikura (Japan), Chongming (China), Fangshan (Taiwan), Okinawa Prefecture (Japan), Pusan (South Korea), Grover Beach (USA), Shantou (China), Tanguisson (Guam)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 1100,000,000
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 Telec
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu, Ocean Cable Co, Tyco Telecommunications
Cableship: Flexservice III, Kuroshio Maru, Cable Innovator
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
System Maintainer: AT&T, China Telecommunications Corporation, Chunghwa Telecom Co., KDDI, KT Corporation, NTT Communications Corporation
Region: Transpacific
System Name: Cyprus-Israel Optical System
Landing Points: Ayia Napa (Cyprus), Nahariya (Israel)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2018
Est. System Cost (US$): 16,000,000
Total Length (kms): 262
Design Capacity: 622 Mbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pair
Owners: Bezeq, Cypress Telecommunications Authority
System Maintainer: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority
Region: EMEA
Nahariya
Ayia Napa
Nahariya
H a l f - M o o n B a y
M o n t e g o B a y
System Name: Cayman Jamaica Fibre System
Landing Points: Half-Moon Bay (Cayman Islands), Montego Bay (Jamaica)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): 6,500,000
Total Length (kms): 870
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: LIME
Region: Americas
Rostock-Ribnitz
System Name: C-Lion1
Landing Points: Helsinki, Finland; Rostock-Ribnitz, Germany
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 74,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,172
Design Capacity: 144 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Channel Capacity: 300 Gbps
Owners: Cinia Group
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/clion1/
P a l e r m o
W e s t P a l m
B e a c h
C a n c u n
M a g e n s B a y
F u n c h a l
S a r d i n i a
System Name: Colombus II
Landing Points: Cancun (Mexico), Funchal (Portugal), Magens Bay (Virgin Islands), Palermo (Italy), Sardinia (Gran Canaria), West Palm Beach (USA)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: AT&T, Telecom Italia Sparkle
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=columbus+II
Ponta Delgada Lisbon Conil
Hollywood
System Name: Colombus III
Landing Points: Miami, Florida (USA); Ponta Delgada, Azores Islands (Portugal); Lisbon, Portugal; Conil, Spain; Mazara del Vallo, Sicily (Italy)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): 236,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,833
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 160 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Columbus III Consortium
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Pirelli, Tyco Telecommunications
Cableship: Vercors, Skandi Hav
System Maintainer: AT&T, PT Comunicações S.A., Telecom Italia Sparkle, Telefonica de España S.A.U.
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=columbus+III
Mazara
System Name: Concerto-1
Landing Points: Bruges (Belguim), Thorpeness (United Kingdom), Zandvoort (Netherlands)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): 25,000,000
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: EMEA
Bruges Zandvoort
System Name: Corfu-Bar
Landing Points: Bar (Montenegro), Corfu (Greece)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Est. System Cost (US$): 19,000,000
Total Length (kms): 320
Initial Capacity: 622 Mbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Crngorski Telecom, OTE
System Maintainer: Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A.
Region: EMEA
Corfu
DANICA NORTH
Barseback
System Name: Danica North
Landing Points: Barseback (Sweden), Tuborg (Denmark)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 25
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 96 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: AKN
Cableship: Pleijel
System Maintainer: TeliaSonera International Carrier AB
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: EMEA
Tuborg
DANICA SOUTH
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
System Maintainer: TeliaSonera International Carrier AB
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: EMEA
Copenhagen
Bjarred
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$): 76,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,291
Initial Capacity: 1000 Gbps
Design Capacity: 5.1 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Farice Ltd.
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: Farice ehf
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=Danice
B l a a b j e r g
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Djibouti-Africa Regional Express [Planned]
Landing Points: Dar es Salaam, Mombasa, Mogadishu, Bossaso, Berbera, Mocha Djibouti
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Total Length (kms): 5,500
Design Capacity: 60 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Djibouti Telecom, Africa Marine Express, TeleYemen, Telesom Company, Hormuud Telecom Somalia Inc., Golis Telecom, Somtel Group
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
System Maintainer: TE SubCom
Region: EMEA
Djibouti
Mogadishu
Mombasa
Dar es Salaam
Bossaso
Berbera
Colombo
Hulhumalé
System Name: Dhiraagu Domestic Submarine Cable Network
Landing Points: Colombo (Sri Lanka), Hulhumale (Maldives)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): 27,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,000
Owners: Dhiraagu
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: NEC
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ ddscn/
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$): 9,560,000
Total Length (kms): 123
Initial Capacity: 2 Gbps
Owners: Norway PTT, TDC
System Maintainer: TDC A/S
Region: EMEA
Ardendal
Hjorring
System Name: Denmark-Norway 6
Landing Points: Kristiansand (Norway), Thisted (Denmark)
RFS Year: 1992
Est. End of Service Date: 2017
Est. System Cost (US$): 8,950,000
Total Length (kms): 124
Initial Capacity: 1.5 Gbps
Owners: Norway PTT, TDC
System Maintainer: TDC A/S
Region: EMEA
Kristiansand
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$): 4,500,000
Total Length (kms): 110
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Polish Telecom, TDC
System Maintainer: Orange Polska S.A., TDC A/S
Region: EMEA
System Name: Didon
Landing Points: Kélibia (Tunisia), Mazara del Vallo, Sicily (Italy)
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): 15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 173
Design Capacity: 18 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Maintainer: France Telecom
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ didon/
Kélibia
Mazara del Vallo
System Name: Dumai-Melaka Cable System
Landing Points: Dumai (Indonesia), Melaka (Malaysia)
RFS Year: 2005
Est. End of Service Date: 2030
Est. System Cost (US$): 15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 150
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps
Owners: PT Telekom, Telekom Malaysia
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: ASEAN Cableship
System Maintainer: TM Berhad
Region: AustralAsia
Dumai
Melaka
System Name: EAC-C2C
Landing Points: Capepisa (Philippines), Changi (Singapore), Chikura (Japan), Chung Hom Kok (Hong Kong), Fangshan (Taiwan), Nanhui District (China), Nasugbu (Philippines), Pali (Taiwan), Pusan (South Korea), Shima (Japan), Singapore (Singapore), Taean (South Korea), Tansh
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 850,000,000
Total Length (kms): 35,429
Design Capacity: 30 Tbps
Owners: PACNET
System Supplier: NEC
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
System Maintainer: Pacnet Global (Singapore) Pte.
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=EACC2C
Changi
Vung Tau
Nasugbu
Fangshan
Tanshui Pali Nanhui
Taean
Pusan
Ajigaura
Chikura Shima
System Name: Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System
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$): 247,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,900
Initial Capacity: 30 Gbps
Design Capacity: 10 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Bharti Airtel, Botswana
Telecommunications Corporation, British Telecom, Comores Telecom, Etisalat, France Telecom, Mauritius Telecom, MTN Group, Neotel, Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Saudi Arabia, SPV2, Sudan Telecom Limited, Sudatel, Tanzania Telecommuni
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Maintainer: Telkom SA Limited
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ eassy/
Djibouti
Port Sudan Mogadishu
Mombasa
Dar es Salaam
Moroni
Toliary
Maputo
Mtunzini
System Name: East-West
Landing Points: Morant Point (Jamaica), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Tortola (British Virgin Islands)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 35,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,700
Initial Capacity: 120 Gbps
Design Capacity: 720 Gbps
System Installer: Orange Magine
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2016
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/eastwest-cable/
Morant Point
Santo Domingo
Tortola
System Name: East Caribbean Fiber System
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 (S
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): 56,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,875
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, BET (Barbados), C&W, France Telecom, TSTT
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: C&W (Marine)
Cableship: Mercury
System Maintainer: Orange, Telecom Services Trinidad & Tobago
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2009, 2013, 2016
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=ECFS
System Name: Europe India Gateway
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Bude (United Kingdom), Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Gibraltar (Gibraltar), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Monaco (Monaco), Mumbai (India), Muscat (Oman), Zafarana (Egypt), Sesimbra (Portugal), Tripoli (Libya
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 700,000,000
Total Length (kms): 15,000
Initial Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
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, Telecom Egypt
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro, UTEC, GEMS
System Maintainer: Oman Telecommunications Company, Telecom Egypt, Verizon Ltd., Vodafone Limited
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/eig/
Fujairah
Muscat
Mumbai
Djibouti
Jeddah
Zafarana
Abu
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)
System Maintainer: Telstra International
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=endeavour
System Name: Estepona-Tetouan
Landing Points: Estepona (Spain), Tetouan (Morocco)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 113
Initial Capacity: 3.7 Gbps
Owners: Telefonica
System Supplier: STC Submarine Systems
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
System Maintainer: Telefonica de España S.A.U.
Region: EMEA
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Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Eulalink [Planned]
Landing Points: Fortaleza, Brazil; São Paulo, Brazil; Sines, Portugal
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 250,000,000
Total Length (kms): 5,875
Design Capacity: 30 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Telebras, Islalink
Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=eulalink
Fortaleza
Lisbon
Madeira
Gran Canaria
Praia
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: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ europa/
Pentaskhinos
Porthcurno
Northport Island Park
System Name: FLAG Atlantic 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$): 900,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,820
Initial Capacity: 4.68 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Svitzer, SAIC
Survey Boat: Vessel of Opportunity
System Maintainer: Global Cloud Xchange
Upgrader: Infinera, Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2010, 2011, 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Transatlantic
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=fa-1
Plerin
System Name: Falcon
Landing Points: Al Ghaydah (Yemen), Al Hudaydah (Yemen), Al-Khobar (Saudi Arabia), Al Seeb (Oman), Aqaba (Jordan), Bandar-E Abbas (Iran), Chabahar (Iran), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dubai (UAE), Hulhumalé (India), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Manama (Bahrain),
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 900,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,181
Initial Capacity: 90 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2.56 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Maintainer: E-marine PJSC, Oman Telecommunications Company, Reliance Globalcom Ltd
Upgrader: Infinera
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=Falcon
Hulhumalé Colombo
Trivandrum
System Name: Far East
Landing Points: Mys Levashova (Russia), Okha (Russia), Magadan (Russia)
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): 50,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,844
Design Capacity: 1.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 8
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Rostelcom
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Cable Innovator
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/fareast/
Okha
Magadan
Mys Levashova
System Name: Farice-1
Landing Points: Dunnet Bay (Scotland), Funningsfjør_ur (Faroe Islands), Sey_isfjör_ur (Iceland)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Est. System Cost (US$): 25,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,395
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Owners: Farice Ltd., Iceland Telecom Ltd.
System Supplier: Pirelli
Cableship: Pertinacia
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
System Maintainer: Farice ehf
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ farice-1/
Dunnet Bay
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
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 149
Initial Capacity: 18 Gbps
Owners: British Telecom
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: British Telecommunications PLC
Region: EMEA
D o m b u r g
Shima Oregon Chikura
China
System Name: Faster
Landing Points: Bandon, Oregon (USA); Chikura, Japan; Shima, Japan; Tanshui, Taiwan
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,000
Initial Capacity: 28 Tbps
Design Capacity: 60 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Google, China Mobile International, China Telecom Global, Global Transit, KDDI and Singtel
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: Orange Marine
Cableship: René Descartes
Region: Transpacific News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ faster/
System Name: Fehmarn Belt
Landing Points: Puttgarden (Germany), Rödbyhavn (Denmark)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 20
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Teliasonera
System Supplier: Ericsson
System Installer: Nexans
Cableship: Pleijel
System Maintainer: TeliaSonera International Carrier AB Region: EMEA
Rödbyhavn
Puttgarden
R i o s
System Name: FibraLink
Landing Points: Kingstown (St. Vincent), Montego Bay (Jamaica), Ocho Rios (Jamaica), Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 30,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,438
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 640 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Columbus Networks
System Supplier: Alcatel
System Installer: International Telecom
Cableship: IT Intrepid
Region: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ fibralink/
Porthcurno
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), Palerm
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): 720,000,000
Total Length (kms): 27,433
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 80 Gbps
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
System Maintainer: China Telecommunications Corporation, E-marine PJSC, Reliance Globalcom Ltd
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian, EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=FLAG
Penang
Songkhla
Hong Kong
Nanhui
Keoje
Ninomiya
Ban
Pak
Para
Miura
Satun
Port
System Name: Flores-Corvo
Landing Points: Flores (Azores), Corvo (Azores), Graciosa (Azores), Faial (Azores)
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
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, Nexans
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ flores-corvo/
Graciosa Flores Corvo
Faial
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$): 80,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,286
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Bahrain Telephone Co., Kuwait Ministry of Communications, Qatar Telecommunication Company, UAE Telecommunications Company
System Supplier: Fujitsu
System Maintainer: E-marine PJSC
Region: EMEA
Manama
Doha
Dubai
System Name: Gulf Bridge International Cable System
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Al Hidd (Bahrain), Al-Khobar (Saudi Arabia), Al Seeb (Oman), Bushehr (Iran), Doha (Qatar), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Mazara (Italy), Mumbai (India), Zafa
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 445,000,000
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
System Installer: e-Marine
System Maintainer: Gulf Bridge International Inc., Oman Telecommunications Company
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/gbi/
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), Mac
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): 17,520,000
Total Length (kms): 1,926
Initial Capacity: 1.2 Tbps
Owners: Global Carribean Network
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/gcn/
Hams Bluff
Galisbay Gustavia
Basseterre
Dickenson Bay
Baie-Mahault
Canefield
Le Lamentin
Port Castries
Kingstown Bridgetown
Port Salines
Macqueripe
Baliff
System Name: Gemini Bermuda
Landing Points: Manasquan, NJ (USA), Bermuda
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): 40,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,500
Owners: C&W, Verizon
System Installer: Orange Marine
System Maintainer: Verizon
Upgrader: Xtera
Upgrade Year: 2016
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ gemini-bermuda/
Bermuda
System Name: Georgia-Russia
Landing Points: Novorossiysk (Russia), Poti (Georgia), Sochi (Russia)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 280
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: DanTelco, FOPTNET, Rostelecom
System Maintainer: OJSC “Rostelecom”
Region: EMEA
Novorossiysk
Sochi
Poti
System Name: Globacom-1
Landing Points: Accra (Ghana), Bude (United Kingdom), Casablanca (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Sesimbra (Portugal), Vigo (Spain)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): 260,000,000
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, IT
International Telecom
Cableship: Ile de Batz, IT Intrepid
Marine Surveyor: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Maintainer: IT International Telecom Canada Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/glo-1/
Vigo
Sesimbra
Casablanca
Dakar
Accra
Lagos
Nouakchott
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$): 610,000,000
Total Length (kms): 22,690
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: Globenet
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Maintainer: IT International Telecom Canada
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Upgrade Year: 2010
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ globenet/
Boca Raton
Tuckerton
Bermuda
Punta Gorda
Fortaleza
Rio de Janeiro
System Name: GO-1
Landing Points: Cantina (Sicily), Mazara (Italy), St George’s Bay (Malta), St Paul’s Bay (Malta)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 290
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Owners: GO
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Elettra
Cableship: Teliri
Region: EMEA
System Name: GOKI
Landing Points: Incheon (Korea), Kita-Kyushu (Japan), Okinawa Prefecture (Japan), Tumon (Guam)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): 120,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,200
Design Capacity: 80 Gbps
Owners: AT&T
System Supplier: Xtera Communications
System Installer: Kokusai Cable Ship
Region: AustralAsia
Tumon
Okinawa
Kita-Kyushu
Incheon
System Name: Gondwana-1
Landing Points: Lifou (New Caledonia), Mouli Island (New Caledonia), Noum’ea (New Caledonia), Poindimie (New Caledonia), Sydney (Australia)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: OPT - Nouvelle Caledonie
Region: AustralAsia
Noum’ea
Lifou Mouli Island Poindimie
GREENLAND CONNECT
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$): 126,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,733
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 960 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Tele Greenland
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Cableship: Maersk Responder, Blue Castor, Ile de Sein
Marine Surveyor: Elettra
System Maintainer: TELE Greenland A/S
Region: Americas
South Florida
System Name: Guantánamo Bay Cable
Landing Points: Guantánamo Bay (Cuba), Florida (USA)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
Marine Surveyor: US Government
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ guantanamo/
Guantánamo Bay
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Guantánamo Bay 2 [Planned]
Landing Points: Puerto Rico; Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Total Length (kms): 1,200
Owners: US Government
System Supplier: Xtera Communications
System Installer: Xtera Communications
Region: Americas
Guantánamo Bay
Puerto Rico
System Name: Greece to Western Europe Network
Landing Points: Bari (Italy), Corfu (Greece)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 647
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: OTE
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ gwen/
B a r i
System Name: Hannibal
Landing Points: Kelibia (Tunisia), Mazara (Italy)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
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, Huawei Marine Networks
Cableship: Sovereign
Marine Surveyor: UTEC
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ hannibal/
Mazara
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
Est. System Cost (US$): 130,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,908
Owners: Hannon Armstrong
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
System Maintainer: Truestone LLC
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ hantru-1/
Pohnpei
Ebeye
Majuro
Tumon
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Hawaiki [Planned]
Landing Points: Oregon (USA), Sydney (Australia), Hawaii (USA), Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa, Whangarei (New Zealand)
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Est. System Cost (US$): 300,000,000
Total Length (kms): 14,000
Initial Capacity: 12.8 Tbps
Design Capacity: 30 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Hawaiki Submarine Cable
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: AustralAsia, Transpacific News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ hawaiki/
Marseille
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$): 250,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,181
Initial Capacity: 2.72 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 68
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Global Cloud Xchange
System Supplier: Fujitsu
System Installer: Elettra, Orange Marine
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ hawk/
Alexandria
Anatoliko
Lynn HerringCove
System Name: Hibernia Atlantic
Landing Points: Coleraine (Ireland), Dublin (Ireland), Herring Cove (Canada), Lynn (USA), Southport (United Kingdom)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 320,000,000
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
System Maintainer: Hibernia Netoworks
Upgrader: Huawei Marine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ hibernia-atlantic/
System Name: Hibernia Express
Landing Points: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada); London, UK; Cork, Ireland
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): 120,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,600
Design Capacity: 53 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps, 200 Gbps on select segments
Owners: Hibernia Atlantic
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Marine Surveyor: EGS
Survey Boat: RV Ridley Thomas Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ hibernia-express/
Spencer Beach
System Name: Honotua
Landing Points: Huahine (French Polynesia), Moorea (French Polynesia), Papeete (French Polynesia), Spencer Beach, Hawaii (USA), Uturoa (Raiatea, French Polynesia), Vaitape (Bora Bora, French Polynesia)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 122,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,634
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: OPT French Polynesia
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ honotua/
VaitapeUturoa Huahine MooreaPapeete
System Name: Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System
Landing Points: Ishikari (Japan), Nevelsk (Russia)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 559
Design Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: NTT Communications, TTK
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: KDD
Cableship: Subaru
System Maintainer: NTT Communications Corporation, TTK
Region: AustralAsia
Nevelsk
Ishikari
System Name: Hugo
Landing Points: Guernsey (Guernsey), Lannion (France), Porthcurno (United Kingdom)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: Vodafone Limited
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ hugo/
Porthcurno
Guernsey
Lannion
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
Est. System Cost (US$): 90,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,100
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 42 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 105
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Bharti Airtel
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/i2i/
T u a s
System Name: Interchange I
Landing Points: Port Vila (Vanuatu), Suva (Fiji)
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): 32,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,259
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Design Capacity: 320 Gbps
Owners: Interchange Limited
System Supplier: TE SubCom, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ icn1/
Port Vila
Suva
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Interchange II [Planned]
Landing Points: Port Moresby (Papau New Guinea), Port Vila (Vanuatu), Luganville (Vanuatu), Honiara (Solomon Islands)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 72,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,500
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pair
Channels: 32
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Interchange Limited
Region: AustralAsia
Port Moresby Honiara
Port Vila
Luganville
System Name: India-Middle East-Western Europe
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Catania (Italy), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Karachi (Pakistan), Marseille (France), Mumbai (India), Suez (Egypt), Tripoli (Lebanon)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): 320,000,000
Total Length (kms): 13,000
Initial Capacity: 520 Gbps
Design Capacity: 5.6 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
System Installer: S.B. Submarine Systems, NEC
Cableship: Cable Innovator
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
System Maintainer: Orange, TATA Communications, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia Sparkle
Upgrader: Mitsubishi
Upgrade Year: 2012, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/ tag/i-me-we/ http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=I-ME-WE
Tripoli
Alexandria Suez
Jeddah
Fujairah Karachi
Mumbai
Durres
Bari
System Name: Italy-Albania
Landing Points: Bari (Italy), Durres (Albania)
RFS Year: 1998
Est. End of Service Date: 2023
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 236
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pair
Owners: Telecom Italia Sparkle
Region: EMEA
Otranto
System Name: Italy-Greece
Landing Points: Corfu (Greece), Otranto (Italy)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 161
Initial Capacity: 1.69 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telecom Italia
Region: EMEA
System Name: Italy-Libya
Landing Points: Mazara (Italy), Tripoli (Libya)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 570
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Design Capacity: 40 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telecom Italia
System Maintainer: Telecom Italia Sparkle
Upgrade Year: 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: EMEA
Tripoli
Mazara
Monaco Savona
System Name: Italy-Monaco
Landing Points: Monaco (Monaco), Savona (Italy)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 162
Initial Capacity: 565 Mbps
Fiber Pairs: 1 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Telecom Italia
System Maintainer: Telecom Italia Sparkle
Region: EMEA
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$): 116,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,800
Initial Capacity: 960 Gbps
Design Capacity: 9.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 32
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia
System Supplier: NSW, Fujitsu
System Installer: Fujitsu, Orange Marine
Upgrader: Fujitsu
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: AustralAsia
Pontianak
Ketapang
Pangkalanbun
Bandjermasin
Jember Benculuk
Mataram
Sangatta Toweli
System Name: JAKABARE
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Pontianak (Indonesia), Tuas (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 40,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,330
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: Indosat
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: NEC, ASEAN Cableship, Orange Marine
Cableship: Cable Innovator
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ jakabare/
Jakarta
Pontianak
Tuas Batam
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
Est. System Cost (US$): 590,000,000
Total Length (kms): 21,880
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Design Capacity: 6.4 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 16
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: AT&T, Japan Telecom, KDDI, MCIWorldCom, NTTWN
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu, Ocean Cable Company
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Subaru, Cable Innovator
System Maintainer: AT&T, KDDI, NTT Communications Corporation, Softbank Telecom Corp, Verizon Ltd
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Transpacific News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ japan-us/
System Name: Jasuka
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Pontianak (Indonesia), Tanjung Pandan (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 280,000,000
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: AustralAsia
Tanjung Pandan
Mangalia
System Name: Karadeniz Fiber Optik Sistemi
Landing Points: Istanbul (Turkey), Mangalia (Romania), Varna (Bulgaria)
RFS Year: 1997
Est. End of Service Date: 2022
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,640
Initial Capacity: 1.2 Gbps
Owners: BTC, Turk Telecom
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
Region: EMEA
Varna
Istanbul
System Name: Kattegat-2
Landing Points: Lyngsa, Denmark; Osterby, Denmark; Skalvik, Sweden; Vestero, Denmark
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 75
Owners: TDC
Region: EMEA
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
System Maintainer: Telecom Italia Sparkle
Region: EMEA
System Name: Khulna-Chennai
Landing Points: Chennai (India), Khulna (Bangladesh)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): 48,000,000
Total Length (kms): 115
Owners: Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian
C h e n n a i
K h u l n a
System Name: Korea-Japan Cable Network
Landing Points: Fukuoka (Japan), Kita-Kyushu (Japan), Pusan (South Korea)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Total Length (kms): 500
Initial Capacity: 2.88 Tbps
Design Capacity: 28.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 12 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 24
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: KEPCO, KT Coropration, NTT Communications, SOFTBANK Telecom Corp
System Supplier: Fujitsu
System Installer: Fujitsu
Cableship: Maersk Recorder
System Maintainer: KT Corporation, NTT Communications Corporation, SoftBank Telecom Corp
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2015
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=KJCN
Fukuoka
Kitakyushu
Pusan
System Name: Kodiak Kenai
Landing Points: Anchorage (USA), Homer (USA), Kenai (USA), Kodiak (USA), Narrow Cape (USA), Seward (USA)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 30,000,000
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: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=kodiak
Narrow Cape
Kodiak
Homer Kenai
Anchorage Seward
System Name: Kuwait-Iran
Landing Points: Kharg (Iran), Soroosh (Iran), Failaka (Kuwait)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 334
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Ministry of Communication, Kuwait and Telecommunication Infrastructure Company, Iran
System Installer: e-Marine
System Maintainer: E-marine PJSC
Region: EMEA
Failaka
Kharg Soroosh
M a z a r a
System Name: LEV
Landing Points: Mazara (Italy), Tel Aviv (Israel), Yeroskipos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): 175,000,000
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
System Maintainer: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority
Region: EMEA
System Name: Lower Indian Ocean Network
Landing Points: Sainte Marie (Reunion Island), Terre Rouge (Mauritius), Toamasina (Madagascar)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 30,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,091
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: France Telecom, Mauritius Telecom, Orange Madagascar
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR, Orange Marine
Cableship: Chamarel
System Maintainer: Mauritius Telecom, Orange
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ lion/
Tomasina
Sainte
Marie
Terre
Rouge
System Name: Lower Indian Ocean Network 2
Landing Points: Mombasa (Kenya), Mayotte (Mayotte)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): 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, Elettra, Orange Marine Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ lion-2/
Mayotte
Mombasa
System Name: Mid-Atlantic Crossing
Landing Points: Brookhaven (USA), Hollywood (USA), St Croix (US Virgin Islands)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): 200,000,000
Total Length (kms): 7,461
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Global Crossing
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Fresnel
System Maintainer: Level 3 Communications Ltd
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2010, 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps
Region: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=midatlantic+crossing
Brookhaven
St. Croix
Hollywood
Accra Lagos
System Name: Main One
Landing Points: Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Accra (Ghana), Casablanca (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Port Harcourt (Nigeria), Seixal (Portugal), Tenerife (Spain)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): 240,000,000
Total Length (kms): 7,000
Initial Capacity: 1.92 Tbps
Design Capacity: 10 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Main One Cable Company
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Cableship: Resolute
System Maintainer: Main One Cable Company, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC
Upgrader: Xtera
Upgrade Year: 2015
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=Main+One
Virginia Beach
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: MAREA [Planned]
Landing Points: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA; Bilbao, Spain
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Total Length (kms): 6,600
Design Capacity: 160 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Microsoft, Facebook, Telefónica
Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ marea/
Bilbao
System Name: Matrix
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Changi (Singapore), Jakarta (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): 30,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,438
Initial Capacity: 60 Gbps
Design Capacity: 2.56 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Matrix Networks and NAP Info
System Supplier: TE Subcom
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Wave Mercury, Cable Networker (barge)
Region: AustralAsia
System Name: MAYA-1
Landing Points: Cancun (Mexico), Hollywood (USA), Maria Chiquita (Panama), Puerto Limon (Costa Rica), Tolu (Colombia)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): 120,000,000
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: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=maya-1
Cancun
Maria Chiquita Tolu
Puerto Limon
System Name: Moratelindo Batam - Dumai Cable
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Dumai (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 40,000,000
Total Length (kms): 330
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Moratelindo
Region: AustralAsia
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand [Planned]
Landing Points: Cherating, Malaysia; Rayoung, Thailand; branching unit to Sihanoukville, Cambodia
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 40,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,425
Design Capacity: 30 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 50
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Symphony Communication Public Company Limited, Telcotech limited
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/mct/
Sihanoukville
System Name: Med Cable Network
Landing Points: Algiers (Algeria), Annaba (Algeria), Marseille (France)
RFS Year: 2005
Est. End of Service Date: 2030
Est. System Cost (US$): 40,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,300
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
Owners: Med Cable
System Maintainer: Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Submarine Cable Systems
Region: EMEA
Algiers
Annaba
Marseille
Catania
System Name: MedNautilus
Landing Points: Catania (Italy), Chania (Greece), Haifa (Israel), Istanbul (Turkey), Koropi (Greece), Tel Aviv (Israel)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 190,000,000
Total Length (kms): 5,729
Initial Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Design Capacity: 38.4 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Telecom Italia Sparkle
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Orange Marine
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2011, 2012, 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=mednautilus
Koropi
Chania
Istanbul
Haifa
Tel Aviv
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$): 14,000,000
Total Length (kms): 100
Initial Capacity: 50 Mbps
Owners: Melita Infrastructure Ltd.
Region: EMEA
St. Paul’s Bay
Pozallo
System Name: Middle East North Africa
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Al Seeb (Oman), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Mazara (Italy), Mumbai (India), Zafarana (Egypt)
RFS Year: 2014
Est. End of Service Date: 2039
Est. System Cost (US$): 210,000,000
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
System Maintainer: Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Submarine Cable Systems, Oman Telecommunications Company
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ mena/
Mazara Zafarana
Alexandria Suez
Jeddah
Al Seeb
Mumbai
System Name: Moratel International Cable 1
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Changi (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 70
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Moratelindo
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Region: AustralAsia
Batam
Changi
System Name: Micronesia Cable System
Landing Points: Majuro (Marshall Islands), Kwajalein (Marshall Islands), Pohnpei (Micronesia), Guam
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Total Length (kms): 174
Owners: Federals States of Micronesia Telecommunications Authority, Marshall Island National Telecommunications Authority
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: AustralAsia
Kwajalein
Guam
Pohnpei
Majuro
M a z a r a C a t a n i a Y e r o s k i p o u
System Name: Minerva
Landing Points: Catania (Italy), Mazara (Italy), Yeroskipos (Cyprus)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Channels: DWDM wavelengths
Owners: Telecom Italia Sparkle
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Systems
Region: EMEA
System Name: Mataram-Kupang Cable System
Landing Points: Mataram (Indonesia), Sumbawa Besar (Indonesia), Ambalawi (Indonesia), Saraemee (Indonesia), Waingapu (Indonesia), Ende (Indonesia), Kupang (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 94,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,318
Design Capacity: 1.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 30
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: PT Telkom
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks, Nexans
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ mkcs/
Mataram
BesarSumbawaRaba
Waingapu
Kupang
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Moana Submarine Cable System [Planned]
Landing Points: New Zealand; Hawaii; Cook Islands; Samoa
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Total Length (kms): 9,700
Design Capacity: 20 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 200 Gbps
Owners: Bluesky Pacific Group
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ moana/
System Name: Monet [Planned]
Landing Points: Santos (Brazil), Fortaleza (Brazil), Boca Raton, Florida (United States)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 280,000,000
Total Length (kms): 10,556
Design Capacity: 64 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Algar Telecom, Angola Cables, Antel, Google
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: Americas
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Fortaleza
Santos
Boca
Myanmar
Thailand
Malaysia
System Name: Mythic [Planned]
Landing Points: Myanmar branches to Malaysia and Thailand
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Total Length (kms): 1,600
Design Capacity: 20 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Campana Group
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ mythic/
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: New Cross Pacific [Planned]
Landing Points: Hillsboro, Oregon (USA); Chongming, China; Nanhui, China; Lingang, China; Busan, South Korea; Toucheng, Taiwan; Maruyama, Japan
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 14,000
Design Capacity: 80 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
China
Korea Taiwan Japan USA
Owners: China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, KT Corporation, Microsoft, Softbank Mobile Corp
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: Transpacific News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ NCP/
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Lagos
Kribi
System Name: Nigeria-Cameroon Submarine Cable System
Landing Points: Kribi, Cameroon; Lagos, Nigeria
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): 30,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,100
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 12.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Cameroon Government, MainOne
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks, Nexans
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ ncscs/
System Name: NEPTUNE Canada
Landing Points: Port Alberni (Canada)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): 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: Americas
Tysvaer
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
System Maintainer: TeliaSonera International Carrier AB
Region: EMEA
Lowestoft
System Name: Northstar
Landing Points: Juneau (USA), Nedonna Beach (USA), Valdez (USA), Whittier (USA)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): 90,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,385
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Alaska Communications Systems
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: C&W (Marine)
Cableship: Maersk Fighter, Fu Lai
System Maintainer: ACS Cable Systems
Region: Americas
Valdez
Juneau
Nedonna Beach
System Name: Orval [Planned]
Landing Points: Oran, Algeria; Valencia, Spain
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 560
Design Capacity: 20 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Algerian Ministry of Post, Information Technology and Communications
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ orval/
Valencia
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Oran
Grover Beach
Tijuana
System Name: Pan-American Crossing
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$): 350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,451
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Global Crossing
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
Cableship: Agile
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
System Maintainer: Level 3 Communications Ltd
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Region: Americas
Mazatlán
Colon Fort Amadour
Puerto Viejo
St. Croix
Palau
Guam
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Palau-Guam [Planned]
Landing Points: Palau, Guam
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Owners: Palau Telecoms
System Supplier: Xtera Communications
System Installer: IT International Telecom
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=palau+guam
Magens Bay Butler’s Bay
System Name: Pan American
Landing Points: Arica (Chile), Baby Beach (Aruba), Barranquilla (Colombia), Battery Pratt (Panama), Butler’s Bay (St. Croix), Lurin (Peru), Magens Bay (Virgin Islands), Panama City (Panama), Punto Fijo (Venezuela), Salinas (Ecuador)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): 260,000,000
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
System Maintainer: AT&T, Telefonica International Wholesale Services
Region: Americas
Lurin
Arica
Panama City Battery Pratt
Barranquilla Punto Fijo
Baby Beach
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
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 511
Initial Capacity: 7 Tbps
Owners: Pangea Ltd
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Installer: Nexans
Cableship: Pleijel
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Region: EMEA
S h i m a A j i g a u r a
H a r b o r P o i n t e G r o v e r B e a c h
System Name: Pacific Crossing 1
Landing Points: Grover Beach (USA), Harbor Pointe (USA), Shima (Japan), Shima (Japan)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): 650,000,000
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
System Maintainer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Transpacific
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/pc1/ http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ pacific-crossing/
System Name: Pacific Caribbean Cable System
Landing Points: Jacksonville, Florida (USA); Tortola, Virgin Islands (UK); Isla Verde, Puerto Rico; Hudishibana, Aruba; Cartagena, Colombia; Maria Chiquita, Panama; Balboa, Panama; Manta, Ecuador; Tera Cora, Curaçao
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): 160,000,000
Total Length (kms): 6,000
Design Capacity: 80 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Cable & Wireless Communications, Setar, Telconet, Telefónica Global Solutions, United Telecommunication Services
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: EGS
Survey Boat: RV Ridley Thomas
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ pccs/
MariaChiquita
Cartagena
Hudishibana
IslaVerde
Balboa
Manta
Tortola Jacksonville
Tera Corá
Broadstairs
Seaford
Veules-les-Roses
System Name: Pan-European Crossing
Landing Points: Bredene (Belguim), Broadstairs (United Kingdom), Seaford (United Kingdom), Veules-les-Roses (France)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 170
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Global Crossing
System Maintainer: Level 3 Communications Region: EMEA
Bredene
Los Angeles
Hong Kong
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Pacific Light Cable Network [Planned]
Landing Points: Hong Kong; Los Angeles, USA
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Est. System Cost (US$): 400,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,800
Design Capacity: 120 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 5 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 240
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Pacific Light Data Communication
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: Transpacific
System Name: Pipe Pacific Cable
Landing Points: Madang (Papua New Guinea), Piti (Guam), Sydney (Australia)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 180,000,000
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: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/ tag/ppc-1/ http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=PPC-1
Sydney
Madang
System Name: Qatar-UAE
Landing Points: Das Island (UAE), Halul (Qatar)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 208
Initial Capacity: 20 Gbps
System Installer: e-Marine
Cableship: Etisalat
System Maintainer: E-marine PJSC Region: EMEA
QUINTILLION SUBSEA
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Quintillian Subsea [Planned]
Landing Points: Oliktok (USA), Barrow (USA), Wainright (USA), Kotzebue (USA), Point Hope (USA), Nome (USA)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 150,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,200
Owners: Quintillion Subsea Holdings
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro Pelagos
Survey Boat: Pacific Star, Dreamcatcher
Region: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ quintillion/
Wainwright
System Name: Russian-Japan Cable Network
Landing Points: Nakhodka (Russia), Naoetsu (Japan)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 50,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,795
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Owners: Rostelecom
System Maintainer: KDDI, OJSC “Rostelecom”
Region: AustralAsia
N a k h o d k a
N a o e t s u
Telecoms consulting of submarine cable systems for regional and trans-oceanic applications
Toucheng
System Name: Reach North Asia Loop
Landing Points: Pusan (South Korea), Tong Fuk (Hong Kong), Toucheng (Taiwan), Wada (Japan)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 900,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,792
Initial Capacity: 80 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber pairs
Owners: FLAG Telecom, Level 3 Communications
System Maintainer: Global Cloud Xchange
Upgrader: Ciena, Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2011, 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=reach+north+asia+loop
Tong Fuk
Pusan
Wada
System Name: South American Crossing
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
Est. System Cost (US$): 520,000,000
Total Length (kms): 15,983
Initial Capacity: 100 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.2 Tbps
Owners: Global Crossing
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
System Maintainer: Level 3 Communications
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2010, 2011
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps
Region: Americas
Valparaiso
Lurin
Las Toninas
Fort Amadour Puerto Viejo
St. Croix
Fortaleza
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: South Atlantic Cable System [Planned]
Landing Points: Luanda (Angola), Fortaleza (Brazil)
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Est. System Cost (US$): 170,000,000
Total Length (kms): 6,200
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
System Installer: NEC
Region: Transatlantic
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ sacs/
F o r t a l e z a
L u a n d a
Saint-Paul Cochin Penang
System Name: South Africa-Far East
Landing Points: Baie du Jacotet (Mauritius), Cape Town (South Africa), Cochin (India), Durban (South Africa), Penang (Malaysia), SaintPaul (Reunion)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Est. System Cost (US$): 350,000,000
Total Length (kms): 13,669
Initial Capacity: 440 Gbps
Owners: France Telecom, Tata Communications, Telekom SA
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: FCR
Cableship: Vercors
System Maintainer: Mauritius Telecom, Orange, TATA Communications, Telkom SA Limited, TM Berhad
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian
Cape Town
Durban
Baie du Jacotet
System Name: South America-1
Landing Points: Arica (Chile), Barranquilla (Colombia), Boca Raton (USA), Fortaleza (Brazil), Las Toninas (Argentina), Lurin (Peru), Mancora (Peru), Puerto Barrios (Guatemala), Puerto San Jose (Guatemala), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Salinas (Ecuador), Salvador (Brazil), Sa
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 650,000,000
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
System Maintainer: Telefonica International Wholesale Services
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2009, 2010, 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=sam-1
San Juan
Barranquilla
Fortaleza
Salinas Mancora
Puerto San Jose
Puerto Barrios
Lurin
Arica
Valparaiso
Las Toninas
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Salvador
Boca Raton
Fiji
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Samoa
System Name: Samoa-Fiji [Planned]
Landing Points: Upola, Samoa; Savai’I, Samoa; Suva, Fiji
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 57,400,000
Total Length (kms): 1,300
Owners: Samoa Submarine Cable Company
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ samoa-fiji/
System Name: South America Pacific Link [Planned]
Landing Points: Oahu, Hawaii (USA); Balboa, Panama; Valparaiso, Chile; Jacksonville, Florida (USA); future connectivity to: Hilo, Hawaii (USA); Manta, Ecuador; Lima, Peru; Arica, Chile; Cuba; Dominican Republic
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Est. System Cost (US$): 460,000,000
Total Length (kms): 14,200
Design Capacity: 30 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Ocean Networks
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, IT
International Telecom Region: Transpacific News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/sapl/
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Manta
Hilo
Oahu
Balboa
Lima
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Jacksonville Panama
System Name: South America Pacific Link Caribbean Express [Planned]
Landing Points: Jacksonville, Florida (USA); Panama
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Total Length (kms): 3,400
Design Capacity: 60 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Ocean Networks, Inc.
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ sapl/
System Name: Saudi Arabia-Sudan
Landing Points: Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Port Sudan (Sudan)
RFS Year: 2003
Est. End of Service Date: 2028
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 333
Initial Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: STC (Saudi Arabia)
Region: EMEA
J e d d a h
System Name: South Atlantic 3
Landing Points: Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Accra (Ghana), Alta Vista (Spain), Chipiona (Spain), Cotonou (Benin), Dakar (Senegal), Douala (Cameroon), Lagos (Nigeria), Libreville (Gabon), Luanda (Angola), Melkbosstrand (South Africa), Sesimbra (Portugal)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Est. System Cost (US$): 370,000,000
Total Length (kms): 14,350
Initial Capacity: 340 Gbps
Design Capacity: 800 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
System Maintainer: Angola Telecom, PT Comunicações S.A., Sonatel, Telefonica de España S.A.U., Telkom SA Limited, Vodafone Limited
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/sat-3/
Sesimbra Chipiona
Alta Vista
Dakar
AbidjanAccra Cotonou Lagos
Douala
Libreville
Luanda
Melkbosstrand
Hong Kong
System Name: Submarine Cable Asia Network
Landing Points: Hong Kong, Indonesia
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 337,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,300
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.92 Tbps
Owners: PT. Fangbian Iskan Corporindo, Telemedia Pacific Inc.
System Supplier: NEC
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ scan/
System Name: SCF-CN
Landing Points: Basseterre (St. Kitts & Nevis), Bridgetown (Barbados), Kingstown (St. Vincent), Martinique (Martinique), Port Castries (St Lucia), Port Salines (Grenada), Macqueripe (Trinidad and Tobago)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Total Length (kms): 1,186
Initial Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: SCF (Group Loret)
Region: Americas
SCOTLAND-ORKNEY-SHETLAND
System Name: Scotland-Orkney-Shetland
Landing Points: Scotland-Orkney-Shetland
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): 12,000,000
Total Length (kms): 400
Owners: British Telecom Region: EMEA
Orkney
Scotland
Shetland
New York
System Name: Seabras-1 [Planned]
Landing Points: Sao Paolo, Brazil; New York, (USA); branching unit to Fortaleza, Brazil
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 509,000,000
Total Length (kms): 10,750
Design Capacity: 72 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 120
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Seaborn Networks, Microsoft
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Gardline
Survey Boat: Sea Surveyor
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ seabras-1/
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Fortaleza Sao Paulo
System Name: Seacom
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti), Maputo (Mozambique), Mombasa (Kenya), Mtunzini (South Africa), Mumbai (India), Zafarana (Egypt)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: Seacom Ltd, E-marine PJSC
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ seacom/
Djibouti
Mombasa
Dar es Salaam
Maputo Mtunzini
System Name: South East Alaska
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: Americas
Sitka
Angoon Hawk Inlet
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
System Name: South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 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 Emira
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): 1,500,000,000
Total Length (kms): 39,622
Initial Capacity: 40 Gbps
Design Capacity: 55 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 8
Channel Capacity: 2.5 Gbps, 10 Gbps
Owners: SEA-ME-WE 3 Consortium
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu, Pirelli, KDDSCS, Tyco Telecommunications
Cableship: Agile, Maersk Defender, Maersk Fighter, Fresnel, Fu Lai, Nexus, Leon Thevinin, Vercors, Raymond Croze, Etisalat, Umm Al Anber
Marine Surveyor: C&C Technologies
System Maintainer: British Telecommunications PLC, China Telecommunications Corporation, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, Deutsche Telekom AG, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A., KDDI, KT Corporation, Oman Telecommunications Company,
Nanhui Keoje
Bay Fangshan Toucheng Okinawa
Region: EMEA, Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian, AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/seame-we-3/
Initial Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Design Capacity: 12.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Algerie Telecom, Algeria, Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bangladesh, Bharti Airtel, CAT Telecom (Thailand), Du, France Telecom, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, Pakistan, Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka
Region: EMEA, Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ sea-me-we-4/ http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=sea-me-we+4
System Name: South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4
Landing Points: Alexandria (Egypt), Annaba (Algeria), Bizerte (Tunisia), Chennai (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Cox’s Bazaar (Bangladesh), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Karachi (Pakistan), Marseille (France), Melaka (Malaysia), Mumbai (India), Mu
RFS Year: 2005
Est. End of Service Date: 2030
Est. System Cost (US$): 500,000,000
Total Length (kms): 18,846
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, Fujitsu
System Installer: Orange Marine
Cableship: Niwa, Descartes
System Maintainer: E-marine PJSC, Orange, Singapore Telecommunications Limited, Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd, TATA Communications, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia Sparkle, TM Berhad, Verizon Ltd
Upgrader: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, Mitsubishi Electric
Upgrade Year: 2011, 2015
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Cox’s Bazaar
TuasMelaka
System Name: South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 [Planned]
Landing Points: Marseille (France), Annaba (Algeria), Palermo (Italy), Bizerte (Tunisia), Jedda (Saudi Arabia), Fujairah (UAE), Karachi (Pakistan), Mumbai (India), Chennai (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh), Satun (Thailand), Singapore (Singapore), Ma
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): 1,000,000,000
Total Length (kms): 20,000
Design Capacity: 24 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 80
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd, China Mobile International Ltd, China Global Telecommunications Limited, China Network Communications Group Co Ltd, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co, Orange, Myanmar Post and Telecom, PT Telekomunikasi Indo
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, NEC
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, NEC
Marine Surveyor: Elettra
Region: EMEA, Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/seame-we-5/
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation Commissioning & Acceptance
Cox’s Bazaar
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: South East Asia-United States [Planned]
Landing Points: Manado (Indonesia), Davao (Phillippines), Piti, Guam: Oahu, Hawaii (United States), Los Angeles, California (United States)
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 250,000,000
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, Teleguam Holdings
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: NEC
Region: Transpacific
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/sea-us/
Chaguaramas
System Name: Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System
Landing Points: Macqueripe (Trinidad), Georgetown (Guyana), Totness (Suriname)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): 54,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,249
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 64
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Co. Ltd, Telesur of Suriname
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks, Nexans
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited, Huawei Marine Networks
Cableship: Sovereign
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/sg-scs/
Tórshavn
System Name: Shetland-Faroese 2
Landing Points: Ayre of Cara (UK), Banff (UK), Maywick (UK), Sandwick (Scotland), Tórshavn (Faroe Islands)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): 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
System Maintainer: Faroese Telecom
Upgrader: Xtera Communications
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=shefa
Maywick
Sandwick
Ayre of Cara
Banff
System Name: Silphium
Landing Points: Chania (Greece), Darnah (Libya)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 426
Initial Capacity: 70 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.2 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 40
Channel Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Libyan Post, Telecom, and Information Technology Company
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks, Nexans
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ silphium/
Darnah
Chania
Chikura
System Name: South-East Asia Japan Cable
Landing Points: Chikura (Japan), Lantau (Hong Kong), Nasugbu (Philippines), Shantou (China), Telisai (Brunei), Tuas (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): 400,000,000
Total Length (kms): 8,986
Initial Capacity: 28 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
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
System Installer: S.B. Submarine Systems, NEC
Upgrader: TE SubCom
Upgrade Year: 2014, 2016
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/sjc/
Nasugbu
Lantau
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Peninsular
System Name: Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1 Malaysia [Planned]
Landing Points: Peninsular Malaysia; Sabah, Malaysia; Sarawak, Malaysia
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,500
Design Capacity: 4 Tbps
Owners: TIME dotCom Bhd
System Supplier: NEC
System Installer: Telekom Malaysia
Region: AustralAsia
Sabah
Sarawak
System Name: Sulawesi-Maluku-Papua Cable System
Landing Points: Papua Provinces, New Guinea
RFS Year: 2015
Est. End of Service Date: 2040
Est. System Cost (US$): 71,100,000
Total Length (kms): 2,000
Design Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: PT Telekom (Indonesia)
System Supplier: NEC, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, NTT, NEC
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Survey Boat: Fugro Supporter
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ smpcs/
Sulawesi
Maluku
Papua
System Name: St. Maarten-Puerto Rico 1
Landing Points: San Juan (Puerto Rico), St Martin (Netherlands Antilles)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Est. System Cost (US$): 15,000,000
Total Length (kms): 382
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Owners: Smitcoms
System Maintainer: SMITCOMS
Region: Americas
System Name: Solomons Oceanic Cable Network [Planned]
Landing Points: Honiara (Solomon), Sydney (Australia), Auki (Soloman), Noro (Soloman)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 54,000,000
Total Length (kms): 827
Owners: Solomons Oceanic Cable Company
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=SOCC
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Honiara
Noro Auki
SOLAS
System Name: Solas
Landing Points: Kilmore Quay (Ireland), Oxwich Bay (UK)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): 6,000,000
Total Length (kms): 140
Initial Capacity: 5 Gbps
Owners: Eircom
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Wave Sentinel
System Maintainer: Vodafone Limited
Region: EMEA
Kilmore Quay
Oxwich Bay
System Name: Southern Cross Cable Network FALSE
Landing Points: Alexandria (Australia), Brookvale (Australia), Kahe Point (Hawaii), Morro Bay (USA), Nedonna Beach (USA), Spencer Beach (USA), Suva (Fiji), Takapuna (New Zealand), Whenuapai (New Zealand)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2030
Est. System Cost (US$): 1,300,000,000
Total Length (kms): 30,000
Initial Capacity: 3.6 Tbps
Design Capacity: 14 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 3 Fiber Pairs Segments A,C,G1,G2,I. 4 Fiber Pairs Segments D and F
Channels: 16
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
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
System Maintainer: Southern Cross Cables Limited, Verizon
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2012, 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps
Region: AustralAsia, Transpacific News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ southern-cross/
Karachi
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Silk Route Gateway 1 [Planned]
Landing Points: Muscat, Oman; Karachi, Pakistan; future extension to Gwadar, Pakistan
RFS Year: 2018
Est. End of Service Date: 2043
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Multinet Pakistan, Omantel
System Supplier: Xtera Communications
System Installer: Xtera Communications
Region: EMEA
Muscat
Gwadar
Hotellneset
System Name: Svalbard
Landing Points: Andøy (Norway), Harstad (Norway), Hotellneset (Norway)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Est. System Cost (US$): 80,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,800
Initial Capacity: 4.8 Tbps
Owners: Telenor
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications, Nexans
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Innovator
Region: EMEA
Harstad Andøy
System Name: Tangerine
Landing Points: Broadstairs (United Kingdom), Oostende (Belguim)
RFS Year: 2000
Est. End of Service Date: 2025
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 121
Initial Capacity: 240 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 96 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Level 3 Communications
System Maintainer: Level 3 Communications
Region: EMEA
B r o a d s t a i r s
O o s t e n d e
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Maldinado
System Name: Tannat [Planned]
Landing Points: Santos (Brazil), Maldonado (Uruguay)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 50,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,000
Design Capacity: 90 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 6 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Google, Government of Uruguay
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: EGS
Region: Americas News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ tannat/
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
System Name: Tasman Global Access [Planned]
Landing Points: Australia, New Zealand
RFS Year: 2016
Est. End of Service Date: 2041
Est. System Cost (US$): 60,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,300
Design Capacity: 20 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Spark New Zealand, Vodafone, Telstra
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/tga/
Widemouth Bay
Saint-Valery-en-CauxKatwijkNorden
Manasquan
System Name: TAT-14
Landing Points: Blaabjerg (Denmark), Katwijk (Netherlands), Manasquan (USA), Norden (Germany), Saint-Valery-en-Caux (France), Tuckerton (USA), Widemouth (UK)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 400,000,000
Total Length (kms): 15,453
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 9.38 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 40
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: TAT-14 Consortium
System Supplier: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
System Installer: Global Marine Systems Limited
Cableship: Cable Innovator, Cable Endeavour, Bold Endurance, Wave Sentinel, Subaru, Maersk Recorder, Maersk Forwarder, Sir Eric Sharp, Agile, Teliri, Fresnel, Vercors
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
System Maintainer: AT&T, British Telecommunications PLC, Deutsche Telekom AG, KPN Telecom International, Orange, TeliaSonera International Carrier AB
Upgrader: Mitsubishi
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 40 Gbps
Region: Transatlantic News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/?s=tat-14
Tuckerton
Blaabjerg
Marseille
System Name: Telecom Egypt North
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Pentaskinos (Republic of Cyprus), Marseille (France)
RFS Year: 2011
Est. End of Service Date: 2036
Est. System Cost (US$): 150,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,938
Initial Capacity: 10 Tbps
Design Capacity: 20 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 25
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Telecom Egypt
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Maintainer: Telecom Egypt
Upgrader: Infinera
Upgrade Year: 2012
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/tenorth/
Alexandria
Cyprus
Fujairah
System Name: The East African Marine System
Landing Points: Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Mombasa (Kenya)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 130,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,500
Initial Capacity: 120 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: Etisalat (15%), TEAMS Ltd. (85%)
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: e-Marine
Cableship: Niwa
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ teams/
Mombasa
System Name: TGN Eurasia
Landing Points: Abu Talat (Egypt), Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Marseille (France), Mtunzini (South Africa), Mumbai (India), Zafarana (Egypt)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 250,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,240
Initial Capacity: 160 Gbps
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: SEACOM, Tata Communications, Telecom Egypt
System Maintainer: TATA Communications, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=TGN+Eurasia
Djibouti
Jeddah
Ras Sidr
Alexandria
Marseille
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$): 200,000,000
Total Length (kms): 2,306
Design Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Maintainer: TATA Communications, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=TGN+Gulf
System Name: TGN Intra-Asia
Landing Points: Ballesteros (Philippines), Deep Water Bay (Hong Kong), Piti (Guam), Singapore (Singapore), Toyohashi (Japan), Vung Tau (Vietnam)
RFS Year: 2009
Est. End of Service Date: 2034
Est. System Cost (US$): 180,000,000
Total Length (kms): 6,485
Initial Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: Orange Marine
System Maintainer: TATA Communications, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2014`
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=TGN+Intra-Asia
Vung Tau
Ballesteros
Deep Water Bay
Toyohashi
Piti
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
System Maintainer: TATA Communications, Tyco Electronics
Subsea Communications LLC
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=TGN+Northern+Europe
System Name: TGN Transatlantic
Landing Points: Highbridge (UK), Saunton Sands (UK), Wall Township (USA)
RFS Year: 2001
Est. End of Service Date: 2026
Est. System Cost (US$): 340,000,000
Total Length (kms): 12,670
Initial Capacity: 2.56 Tbps
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: TATA Communications, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Transatlantic
Highbridge Saunton Sands
E m i
T o y o h a s h i
N e d o n n a
B e a c h
H e r m o s a
B e a c h
System Name: TGN Transpacific
Landing Points: Emi (Japan), Hermosa Beach (USA), Nedonna Beach (USA), Toyohashi (Japan)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Est. System Cost (US$): 580,000,000
Total Length (kms): 21,424
Initial Capacity: 5.12 Tbps
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: TATA Communications, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2014
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Transpacific
System Name: TGN Western Europe
Landing Points: Bilbao (Spain), Highbridge (UK), Seixal (Portugal)
RFS Year: 2002
Est. End of Service Date: 2027
Est. System Cost (US$): 100,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,487
Initial Capacity: 3.84 Tbps
Owners: Tata Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: TATA Communications, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC
Region: EMEA News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=TGN+WEstern+Europe
Highbridge
Bilbao
Seixal
C h e n n a i
System Name: TGN-TATA IndiaCom
Landing Points: Chennai (India), Changi (Singapore)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Est. System Cost (US$): 90,000,000
Total Length (kms): 3,175
Initial Capacity: 640 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Tata Communications
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian
C h a n g i
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
System Maintainer: TATA Communications
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian News: http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=TGN+TIC
T u a s
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$): 5,000,000
Total Length (kms): 27
Owners: AR-SAT
System Supplier: Boskalis, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Cableship: Ile de Batz
Region: Americas
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ tierra-del-fuego/
System Name: Thailand-Indonesia-Singapore
Landing Points: Batam (Indonesia), Songkhla (Thailand)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 36,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,003
Initial Capacity: 30 Gbps
Owners: CAT Telecom (Thailand), PT Telekom, Singtel
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: ASEAN Cableship
System Maintainer: Singapore Telecommunications Limited
Region: AustralAsia
Songkhla
Batam
System Name: Tonga-Fiji
Landing Points: Nuku’alofa (Tonga), Suva (Fiji)
RFS Year: 2012
Est. End of Service Date: 2037
Est. System Cost (US$): 18,900,000
Total Length (kms): 827
Owners: Tonga Cable Limited
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
System Installer: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Region: AustralAsia
N e d o n n a
B e a c h
Q i n g d a o K e o j e
C h o n g m i n g
F u z h o u
T a n s h u i
System Name: Trans-Pacific Express
Landing Points: Chongming (China), Shin-Maruyama (China), Keoje (South Korea), Nedonna Beach (USA), Qingdao (China), Tanshui (Taiwan)
RFS Year: 2008
Est. End of Service Date: 2033
Est. System Cost (US$): 440,000,000
Total Length (kms): 16,163
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, NTT
Cableship: Cable Innovator
System Maintainer: China Telecommunications Corporation, Chunghwa Telecom Co., KT Corporation, NTT Communications Corporation, Verizon Ltd
Upgrader: TE SubCom
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 10 Gbps
Region: Transpacific
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/ tag/TPE/ http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=TPE
Jakarta
Project Completion Phases:
Pre-Engineering
Survey
System Manufacture
System Installation
Commissioning & Acceptance
Onslow
Perth
System Name: Trident [Planned]
Landing Points: Perth, Onslow (Australia), Jakarta (Indonesia)
RFS Year: 2017
Est. End of Service Date: 2042
Est. System Cost (US$): 290,000,000
Total Length (kms): 4,600
Design Capacity: 38 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 2 Fiber pairs Perth-Singapore (8 Tbps), 1 fibre pair Perth-Jakarta (10 Tbps), 1 fibre pair Onslow-Jakarta (10 Tbps) and 1 fibre pair Perth-Onslow (10 Tbps)
Channels: Perth-Singapore 40, rest 100
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Trident Subsea Cable
System Supplier: TE SubCom
System Installer: TE SubCom
Region: AustralAsia
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ trident/
Curaçao
Trinidad
System Name: Trinidad-Curaçao
Landing Points: Curaçao (Curaçao), Trinidad (Trinidad)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Total Length (kms): 1,240
Initial Capacity: 1.875 Tbps
Owners: Columbus Networks, New World Network
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI, Alcatel, NEC
System Installer: Tyco SSI
Cableship: Tyco Durable, Ile de Sein, Ile de Batz, Fu Hai, Segero, Cable Innovator
Region: Americas
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New Taipei City
System Name: Taiwan Strait Express
Landing Points: Changle, Fuzhou City, China; Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
RFS Year: 2013
Est. End of Service Date: 2038
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 270
Design Capacity: 6.4 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Taiwan International Gateway Corporation, China Mobile, Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile, Far EasTone Telecommunications, China Unicom
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks, NTT, S.B. Submarine Systems
Region: AustralAsia
Fuzhou
System Name: Tubrok-Emased
Landing Points: Tobruk (Libya), El Quawef (Libya)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 180
Design Capacity: 25.6 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 8 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 80
Channel Capacity: 40 Gbps
Owners: Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company
System Supplier: Huawei Marine Networks
System Installer: Huawei Marine Networks, Orange Marine
Region: EMEA
Tobrok El-Quawef
System Name: Transworld Associates
Landing Points: Al Seeb (Oman), Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Karachi (Pakistan)
RFS Year: 2006
Est. End of Service Date: 2031
Est. System Cost (US$): 40,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,300
Initial Capacity: 1.28 Tbps
Owners: Trans-World Associates
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: E-marine PJSC, Oman Telecommunications Company
Upgrader: Huawei Marine
Upgrade Year: 2016
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ twa-1/
System Name: Ugarit
Landing Points: Pentaskhinos (Cyprus), Tartus (Syria)
RFS Year: 1995
Est. End of Service Date: 2020
Est. System Cost (US$): 16,000,000
Total Length (kms): 240
Initial Capacity: 622 Mbps
Owners: Cypress Telecommunications Authority
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Maintainer: Cyprus Telecommunications Authority Region: EMEA
L a s T o n i n a s
M a l d o n a d o
F l o r i a n o p o l i s
System Name: Unisur
Landing Points: Florianopolis (Brazil), Las Toninas (Argentina), Maldonado (Uruguay)
RFS Year: 1994
Est. End of Service Date: 2019
Est. System Cost (US$): 74,000,000
Total Length (kms): 1,720
Initial Capacity: 560 Mbps
Owners: Antel (Uruguay), Embratel, Telecom Argentina, Telefonica de Argentina
System Maintainer: Telefonica International Wholesale Services
Region: Americas
Chikura
Hermosa Beach
System Name: Unity
Landing Points: Chikura (Japan), Los Angeles (USA)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): 300,000,000
Total Length (kms): 9,486
Initial Capacity: 1.92 Tbps
Design Capacity: 4.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 5 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, Google, KDDI, PACNET, Singtel
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications
System Installer: NEC, Kokusai Cable Ship
System Maintainer: KDDI
Upgrader: Ciena
Upgrade Year: 2013
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: Transpacific
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/tag/ unity/
VENTSPILS-GOTLAND
System Name: Vetnspils-Gotlan
Landing Points: Fårösund (Sweden), Stockholm (Sweden), Ventspils (Latvia)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Total Length (kms): 175
Initial Capacity: 2.5 Gbps
Fiber Pairs: 34 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Baltcom
System Supplier: TE SubCom
Region: EMEA
Ventspils
Fårösund
Stavsnas Stockholm
System Name: Vodafone Malta-Sicily Cable System
Landing Points: Balluta (Malta), Catania (Italy)
RFS Year: 2004
Est. End of Service Date: 2029
Est. System Cost (US$): 10,000,000
Total Length (kms): 250
Initial Capacity: 10 Gbps
Owners: Vodafone Malta
Region: EMEA
St. George’s Bay
Catania
System Name: West Africa Cable System
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$): 600,000,000
Total Length (kms): 14,350
Initial Capacity: 5.12
Design Capacity: 14.5 Tbps
Fiber Pairs: 4 Fiber Pairs
Channels: 32
Channel Capacity: 100 Gbps
Owners: Angola Cables, Broadband Infraco, Congo Telecom, C&W, MTN Group, Office Congolais de Poste et Telecommunication, PT Comunicações, Tata Communications, Telecom Namibia, Telekom SA, Togo Telecom, Vodacom
System Supplier: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
System Maintainer: Angola Cables, Telecom Nambia, Telkom SA Limited
Upgrader: Huawei Marine Networks
Upgrade Year: 2015
Upgraded Capacity: 100 Gbps
Region: EMEA
News: http://subtelforum.com/articles/ tag/wacs/ http://subtelforum.com/ articles/?s=WACS
Walvis Bay
Luanda
Pointe Noire
Muanda
Douala
Accra
LomeLagos
Cape Verde
Alta Vista
Sesimbra
Whitesand Bay
System Name: WARF
Landing Points: Cochin (India), Hulhumalé (India)
RFS Year: 2007
Est. End of Service Date: 2032
Est. System Cost (US$): 20,000,000
Total Length (kms): 680
Owners: WARF Telecom International
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Marine Surveyor: Fugro
Region: Indian Ocean Pan-East Asian
Hulhumalé
WESTERN VISAYAS-PALAWAN
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: AustralAsia
Taytay
San Jose de Buenavista
Iloilo