KAFOS

KAFOS (Karadeniz Fiber Optik Sistemi - Black Sea Fibre Optic System) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Black Sea linking Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey.

It has landing points in:

Mangalia, Romania
Varna, Bulgaria
Istanbul, Turkey

it has a transmission capacity of 622 Mbit/s, and a total cable length of 504 km. It started operation on 13 June 1997.

References

http://foptnet.ge/map2eng.htm Map of the cable system (3 Systems BSFOCS, KAFOS, & ITUR)

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