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 mostly (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.

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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 - (Asia America Gateway) (Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, Continental USA West Coast)
AC-1 - (Atlantic Crossing) (USA, UK, Germany, the Netherlands)
AC-2 - (Atlantic Crossing) (USA-UK)
Aden-Djibouti - (Yemen-Djibouti)
ADRIA-1 - (Croatia, Albania, Greece)
AIS - (Australia-Indonesia-Singapore)
AJC - (Australia-Japan Cable)
Alonso de Ojeda - (Aruba-Curaçao)
ALPAL-2 - (Algiers-Palma de Mallorca)
AMERICAS-1 NORTH - (USA-US Virgin Islands)
AMERICAS-1 SOUTH - (US Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Venezuela, Brazil)
AMERICAS-II - (USA, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Martinique, Curaçao, Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil)
ANTILLAS I - (Dominican Republic-Puerto Rico)
Antilles Crossing Phase 1 - (US Virgin Islands, St Lucia, Barbados)
ANZCAN - (Australia, New Zealand, Canada)
APC - (Asia-Pacific Cable) (Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore)
APCN - (Asia-Pacific Cable Network) (Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia)
APCN 2 - (Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2) (Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore)
APHRODITE-2 - (Greece, Cyprus)
APNG - (Australia-Papua New Guinea)
APNG-2 - (Australia-Papua New Guinea)
Apollo - (USA, UK, France)
ARCOS-1 - (Americas Region Caribbean Ring System) (USA, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas)
ARIANE-2 - (France, Greece)
ASEAN - (Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand) (decommissioned)
Atlantica-1/GlobeNet - (USA, Bermuda, Venezuela, Brazil)
ATLANTIS-2 - (Argentina, Brazil, Senegal, Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, Madeira, Spain, Portugal)

[edit] B

BAHAMAS 2 - (USA-Bahamas)
BALTICA - (Poland, Denmark, Sweden)
BARGEN - (Cabrera de Mar, Spain - Genova, Italy)
BARSAV (Barcelona, Spain - Savona, Italy)
BCS - (Sweden-Lithuania)
Bharat Lanka Cable System - (India-Sri Lanka)
BICS - (Bahamas Internet Cable System)
BMP (cable system) - (Brunei-Malaysia-Philippines)
Botnia - (Sweden-Finland)
BS - (Brunei-Singapore)
BDSNi (Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network international)
BSFOCS - (Black Sea Fibre Optic Cable System)
BT-MT1 - (UK-Isle of Man)
BT-TE1 - (UK-Ireland)
BUS-1 - (Bermuda-US)

[edit] C

C-J FOSC - (China-Japan Fibre Optic Submarine Cable)
C2C - (City to City) (Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Guam, USA)
CADMOS - (Cyprus-Lebanon)
CANTAT-1 - (Canada Transatlantic) - (Canada-UK)
CANTAT-2 - (Canada Transatlantic) - (Canada-UK)
CANTAT-3 - (Canada Transatlantic) - (Canada, Iceland, the Faeroes, UK, Denmark, Germany)
CANUS-1 - (Canada-USA)
CARAC - (Caribbean Atlantic Cable) (Bermuda-Tortola)
Cayman-Jamaica
CELTIC - (UK-Ireland)
CIOS - (Cyprus-Israel Optical System)
CIRCE NORTH - (UK-the Netherlands)
CIRCE SOUTH - (UK-France)
CKC - (China-Korea Cable)
CNSFTC - (Central North Sea Fibre Telecommunications Company) - (UK-North Sea oil platforms)
COLUMBUS II - (USA-Mexico-Italy)
COLUMBUS III - (USA-Azores-Portugal-Italy)
Concerto 1 - (Triangular UK-Belgium-the Netherlands)
Corfù–Bar - (Greece-Montenegro)
CORSAR - (Corsica, France to Sardinia, Italy)
CUCN - (China-US Cable Network: Korea-US-China-Japan-Guam)

[edit] D

Danica North (Denmark-Sweden)
Danica South (Denmark-Sweden)
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) (Indonesia-Malaysia)

[edit] E

EAC - (East Asia Crossing) (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines)
EASSy - (a projected East Africa Submarine Cable System with endpoints in South Africa and the Sudan)
ECFS - (Eastern Caribbean Fibre System) (Trinidad, Grenada, St Vincent, Barbados, St Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Antigua, St Kitts, St Maarten, Anguilla, Tortola)
EDF1 (INGRID) - (Jersey, France)
EDF2 (INGRID) - (Guernsey, Jersey, France)
EE-S 1 - (Estonia-Sweden)
EESF-2 - (Estonia-Finland)
EESF-3 - (Estonia-Finland)
EMOS 1 - (Eastern Mediterranean Optical System) (Greece, Israel, Turkey, Italy)
ESAT 1 - (Éireann Satellite 1) - (Ireland-UK)
ESAT 2 - (Éireann Satellite 2) - (Ireland-UK)
Estepona–Tetuán - (Morocco, Spain)
Estonia-Sweden 1
EURAFRICA - (Portugal, Morocco, France)

[edit] F

FALCON - (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, India)
FARICE-1 - (UK-Faroes-Iceland)
FARLAND - (UK-the Netherlands)
FEC - (Finland Estonia Connection)
Fibralink - (Jamaica-Dominican Republic)
Fehmarn Belt - (Denmark-Germany)
FLAG FA-1 - (FLAG Atlantic) - (USA, UK, France)
FLAG FALCON - (FLAG Alcatel-Lucent Optical Network) - (Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, India, Maldives)
FLAG FEA - (FLAG Europe-Asia) - (UK, Spain, Italy, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Japan)
FLAG FNAL - (FLAG North Asian Loop) - (Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan)
FOG - (Fiber Optic Gulf - UAE-Qatar-Bahrain-Kuwait)
FOG2 - (Fiber Optic Gulf 2 - UAE-Iraq-Saudi Arabia)

[edit] G

GCN - (Global Caribbean Network) - (Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Ste. Croix, Puerto Rico)
G-P - (Guam-Philippines)
Gemini - (USA-UK)
Georgia-Russia
Germany-Denmark 1
Germany-Denmark 2
Germany-Sweden 4
Germany-Sweden 5
GLO-1 - (Nigeria, Portugal, UK)
Gondwana-1 - (New Caledonia, Australia)
Gotland-Ventspils - (Sweden-Latvia)
GPT - (Guam-Philippines-Taiwan)
GWEN - Greece to Western Europe Network (Italy - Greece)

[edit] H

HERMES-1 - (UK-Belgium)
HERMES-2 - (UK-Netherlands)
Hibernia Atlantic - (UK, Ireland, Canada, USA)
HJK - (Hong Kong-Japan-Korea)
HONTAI-2 - (Hong Kong-Taiwan)
HSCS - Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System (Russia - Japan)^[1]
HUGO - (UK, Guernsey, Jersey, France)

[edit] I

I-ME-WE - (India-Middle East-Western Europe) - (India, Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy) (planned)
i2i - (India-Singapore)
India-UAE
IOCOM - (India-Malaysia)
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)
Jersey-Guernsey 4
JKC - (Japan-Korea)
JNAC - (USA, Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan) (planned, but not built)

[edit] K

KELTRA-2 - (Kelibia-Trapani) - (Tunisia-Italy)
KAFOS - (Karadeniz Fiber Optik Sistemi) (Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania)
KATTEGAT-1 - (Denmark-Sweden)
KDN-Reliance - (Yemen - Kenya) (planned for 2007)
KJCN - (Korea-Japan Cable Network)
Kuwait-Iran

[edit] L

LANIS-1 - (Isle of Man-UK)
LANIS-2 - (Ireland-Isle of Man)
LANIS-3 - (Northern Ireland-Scotland)
LEV - (Italy, Cyprus, Israel)
Liberty - (UK, Guernsey, Jersey, France)
LV-SE 1 - (Latvia-Sweden)

[edit] M

MAC - (Mid-Atlantic Crossing) - (USA, St. Croix)
Maldives - Sri Lanka
MAT 2 - (Italy, Spain)
Malaysia-Thailand
Marseille-Palermo - (France-Italy)
MAT-2 - (Italy-Spain)
MCS (Matrix Cable System - (Indonesia-Singapore)
MAYA-1 - (USA, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia)
MCN - Mid-Caribbean Network (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique)
MedNautilus - (Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Cyprus)
MED Cable - (France-Algeria)
MINERVA - (Cyprus-Italy)
MOYLE NORTH (Northern Ireland - Scotland)
MOYLE SOUTH (Northern Ireland - Scotland)

[edit] N

NACS - (North Asia Cable System) - (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan)
NAFSIKA - (Italy-Greece)
NorSea Com 1 - (Norway-UK)
NPC - (North Pacific Cable) - (USA, Japan)

[edit] O

ODIN - (the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway)
Okinawa-Luzon-Hong Kong - (Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan and North America)
Otranto-Corfù - (Italy - Greece)

[edit] P

PAC - (Pan-American Crossing)
PacRimEast - (Pacific Rim East) (New Zealand-Hawaii)
PacRimWest - (Pacific Rim West) (Australia-Guam)
Pakistan-UAE-2
PAN AM - (Pan-American Cable System)
Pangea - (UK-Denmark & UK-the Netherlands)
Pangea (Baltic Sea) - (Sweden, Estonia, Finland)
PC-1 - (Pacific Crossing)
PEC - (Pan-European Crossing)
PTAT-1 - (Private Trans-Atlantic Telecommunications System)

[edit] Q

Qatar-UAE 1
Qatar-UAE 2

[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)
RNAL - (Reach North Asia Loop) - (Hong Kong-Taiwan-Japan, Hong Kong-Korea-Japan)

[edit] S

SAC - South American Crossing
SAS-1 - (Saudi Arabia-Sudan)
SAT-2 - (South Atlantic-South Africa-Spain-Morocco-Portugal)
SAT-3 - (South Atlantic)
SAFE - (South Africa-Far East)
SAm-1 - (South America-1)
Scandinavian Ring
SCF - Southern Caribbean Fiber (St Kitts, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Antigua)
SEA-ME-WE 2 - (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe)
SEA-ME-WE 3 - (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe)
SEA-ME-WE 4 - (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe)
SEACOM - (South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, India and Europe) planned for 2009
SFL - (Sweden-Finland Link)
SFS-4 - (Sweden-Finland)
SIRIUS NORTH - (Northern Ireland - Scotland)
SIRIUS SOUTH - (Ireland - England)
SMPR-1 - (St. Maarten-Puerto Rico)
SOLAS - (Ireland-UK)
Southern Cross - (Australia, New Zealand, United States)

[edit] T

T-V-H - (Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong)
TAGIDE-2 - (France-Portugal)
TampNett - (Norway-North Sea Oil Platforms)
Tangerine - (UK-Belgium)
TASMAN 2 - (Australia-New Zealand)
TAT-1 - (UK-Canada)
TAT-2 - (France-Canada)
TAT-3 - (UK-USA)
TAT-4 - (France-USA)
TAT-5 - (Spain-USA)
TAT-6 - (France-USA)
TAT-7 - (UK-USA)
TAT-8 - (USA, UK, France)
TAT-9 - (USA, Canada, Spain)
TAT-10 - (Germany-USA)
TAT-11 - (USA, France, UK)
TAT-12/13 - (USA, UK, France)
TAT-14 - (USA, UK, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark)
TBL - (Trans-Balkan Line) (Italy - Albania, continuing overland through Macedonia, Bulgaria, and into Turkey)
TCCN - (Trans Caribbean Cable Network) - (USA-Jamaica)
TCS-1 - (Trans-Caribbean System 1)
TEAMS - (The East African Marine System) (UAE - Kenya) (planned)
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 - (Trans Pacific Cable)
TPC-4 - (Trans Pacific Cable)
TPC-5CN - (Trans Pacific Cable)
TPE - (Trans-Pacific Express) (China, Korea, Taiwan, USA) (planned)
TPICK (Telecommunication Plan for Improvement of Communications in Korea) - runs the length of Korea to mainland Japan thru Changson-Tsushima-Seburiyama
TWA-1 (Transworld Associates UAE-Oman-Pakistan)