List of international submarine communications cables

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This is a list of international submarine communications cables and does not include domestic cable systems, such as those on the coastlines of China, Italy and Brazil. All the cable systems listed below have landing points in two or more countries, and are currently (as of November 2005) in-service. Several older cables, although no longer used for international telecommunications, are used for scientific purposes. Others are simply abandoned.

Directory: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

AAG -
AC-1, AC-2 - (Atlantic Crossing)
AIS - (Australia-Indonesia-Singapore)
AJC - (Australia-Japan Cable)
Alonso de Ojeda
ALPAL-2 - (Algiers-Palma)
AMERICAS-1 NORTH, AMERICAS-1 SOUTH
AMERICAS-II
ANTILLAS I
Antilles Crossing Phase 1
ANZCAN
Apollo
ARCOS-1 - (Americas Region Caribbean Ring System)
Atlantica-1/GlobeNet - (USA, Bermuda, Venezuela, Brazil)
ATLANTIS-2
APC - (Asia-Pacific Cable)
APCN, APCN 2 - (Asia-Pacific Cable Network)
APNG - (Australia-Papua New Guinea)
APNG-2 - (Australia-Papua New Guinea)
ASEAN

[edit] B

BAHAMAS 2
BALTICA
Barcelona-Savona
BCS - Sweden-Lithuania
BMP - Brunei-Malaysia-Philippines (decommissioned March 2004)
Botnia
BS - Brunei-Singapore (decommissioned November 2003)
BSFOCS - (Black Sea Fiber Optic Cable System)
BT-MT1 - (UK-Isle of Man)
BT-TE1 - (UK-Éire)
BUS-1 - (Bermuda-US)

[edit] C

C-J FOSC - (China-Japan Fibre Optic Submarine Cable)
C2C - (City to City)
CANTAT-1, CANTAT-2, CANTAT-3 - (Canada Transatlantic)
CANUS-1 - (Canada-US)
CARAC - (Caribbean Atlantic Cable)
Cayman-Jamaica
CELTIC - (UK-Éire)
CIOS - (Cyprus-Israel Optical System)
CIRCE NORTH - (UK-the Netherlands), CIRCE SOUTH - (UK-France)
CKC - (China-Korea Cable)
COLUMBUS II - (USA-Mexico-Italy)
COLUMBUS III - (USA-Italy)
Concerto 1 - (Triangular UK-Belgium-the Netherlands)
Corfù–Bar
CUCN - (China-US Cable Network:Korea-US-China-Japan-Guam)

[edit] D

Danica North, Danica South
Denmark-Germany 1
Denmark-Norway 5, Denmark-Norway 6
Denmark-Poland 2
Denmark-Russia 1
Denmark-Sweden 15, Denmark-Sweden 16, Denmark-Sweden 18
Dumai-Melaka Cable System (DMCS)

[edit] E

EAC - (East Asia Crossing)
EASSy - (a projected East Africa Submarine Cable System with endpoints in South Africa and the Sudan)
ECFS - (Eastern Caribbean Fibre System)
EESF-2, EESF-3
EMOS 1 - (Eastern Mediterranean Optical System)
ESAT 1 - (Éireann Satellite - Éire-UK), ESAT 2 - (Éireann Satellite - Éire-UK)
Estepona–Tetuán
Estonia-Sweden 1
EURAFRICA

[edit] F

FA-1 - (FLAG Atlantic)
FALCON
FLAG - (Fiber-optic Link Around the Globe)
FARICE-1 - (UK-Faroes-Iceland)
FARLAND - (UK-the Netherlands)
FEA - (FLAG Europe-Asia)
Fehmarn Belt
FNAL - (FLAG North Asian Loop)
FOG - (Fiber Optic Gulf)

[edit] G

G-P - (Guam-Philippines)
Gemini - (USA-UK (decommissioned))
GENSAR 2 - (Genoa-Sardinia)
Germany-Sweden 4, Germany-Sweden 5
Gotland-Ventspils
GPT - (Guam-Philippines-Taiwan)

[edit] H

Hermes - (UK-Belgium, UK-the Netherlands)
Hibernia Atlantic - (UK, Éire, Canada, USA)
HJK - (Hong Kong-Japan-Korea)
HONTAI-2 - (Hong Kong-Taiwan)
HUGO - (UK-Guernsey-France)

[edit] I

I-ME-WE - (India-Middle East-Western Europe)
i2i
India-UAE
Italy-Albania
Italy-Croatia
Italy-Greece
Italy-Libya
Italy-Malta
Italy-Monaco
Italy-Tunisia
ITUR - (Italy-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia)

[edit] J

Japan-US
JASURAUS - (Jakarta - Surabaya - Australia)

Note that although planned to land in Surabaya, the cable system as implemented does not, but retains the name.

Jersey-Guernsey 4
JKC - (Japan-Korea)
JNAC -

[edit] K

KAFOS - (Karadeniz Fiber Optik Sistemi) (Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania)
KJCN - (Korea-Japan Cable Network)

[edit] L

LANIS-1 - (Isle of Man-UK), LANIS-2 - (Éire-Isle of Man), LANIS-3 - (Northern Ireland-Scotland)
LEV
LV-SE 1

[edit] M

MAC - (Mid-Atlantic Crossing)
MAT 2
MAYA-1
MedNautilus
MED-LINK

[edit] N

NorSea Com 1
NPC - (North Pacific Cable)

[edit] O

ODIN - (the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway)

[edit] P

PAC - (Pan-American Crossing)
PacRimEast - (Pacific Rim East)
PacRimWest - (Pacific Rim West)
Pakistan-UAE-2
PAN AM - (Pan-American Cable System)
Pangea - (UK-Denmark & UK-the Netherlands)
PC-1 - (Pacific Crossing)
PEC - (Pan-European Crossing)
PTAT-1 - (Private Trans-Atlantic Telecommunications System (decommissioned))

[edit] Q

[edit] R

REMBRANDT-1 - (UK-the Netherlands), REMBRANDT-2 - (UK-the Netherlands)
RIOJA-1 - (UK-Spain), RIOJA-2 - (UK-the Netherlands), RIOJA-3 - (Belgium-the Netherlands)
RJK - (Russia-Japan-Korea)
ROMSAR 2 - (Rome-Sardinia)

[edit] S

SAT-2, SAT-3/WASC/SAFE - (South Atlantic)
SAFE - (South Africa-Far East)
SAm-1 - (South America-1)
SARSIC 2 - (Sardinia-Sicily)
Scandinavian Ring
SEA-ME-WE 2, SEA-ME-WE 3, SEA-ME-WE 4 - (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe)
SFL - (Sweden-Finland Link)
SFS-4 - (Sweden-Finland)
SIRIUS - (Éire-UK)
SMPR-1 - The St. Maarten Puerto Rico- 1 is a non-repeated system of 375km which uses Wave length Division Multiplexing technology. The initial capacity on the SMPR-1 is 2.5 Gbps and is expandable to 20 Gbps. The SMPR-1 lands at the Ultracom facilities in Isla Verde PR from SMITCOMS facilities in St. Maarten
SOLAS - (Éire-UK)
Southern Cross

[edit] T

T-V-H - (Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong)
Tangerine - (UK-Belgium)
TASMAN 2
TAT-1, TAT-2, TAT-3, TAT-4, TAT-5, TAT-6, TAT-7, TAT-8, TAT-9, TAT-10, TAT-11, TAT-12/13, TAT-14 - (Transatlantic)
TCS-1 - (Trans-Caribbean System 1)
Telstra un-named (cable system) - (Sydney-Hawaii)
TIC or TIISCS - (Tata Indicom Cable) or (Tata Indicom India-Singapore Cable System)
TIS - (Thailand-Indonesia-Singapore)
TPC-3, TPC-4, TPC-5CN - (Trans Pacific Cable)
TPE -
TWA-1 (Transworld Associates UAE-Oman-Pakistan)