APCN (cable system)

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APCN or Asia-Pacific Cable Network is a submarine telecommunications cable system linking nine Asian countries.

It has landing points in:

• Petchaburi, Thailand
• Mersing, Malaysia
• Changi, Singapore
• Ancol, Indonesia
• Lantau, Hong Kong
• Batangas, Philippines
• Toucheng, Taiwan
• Pusan, Korea
• Miyazaki, Japan

It has a transmission capacity of 5 Gbit/s, and a total cable length of approximately 12,000 km. It started operation on ?.

[edit] See Also

• APCN 2 (cable system)
• List of international submarine communications cables
• Cable landing point

[edit] Sources

• http://www.apricot.net/apricot97/apII/Presentations/KDDSubmarineFiber/sld018.htm. Retrieved on February 11, 2006.
• http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0103/0801-02.html. Retrieved on February 11, 2006.