History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
Cable Timeline:
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |
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Cable Timeline:
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| Year | Route | Manufacturer | Owner or Operator | Cable Ships | Notes | Bandwidth |
| 2001? | CNSFTC: Aberdeen, Scotland to OSP Forties - Everset - Ula | ? | CNSFTC (BP) | ? | OSP = Offshore Platform (Gas or Oil rig) | |
| 2001 | HIBERNIA ATLANTIC: (Formerly 360 Atlantic) Northern: Southport, England - Colraine, Ireland - Herring Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Southern: Southport - Dublin, Ireland - Herring Cove - Lynn, Boston, USA | Tyco SSI | Hibernia Atlantic purchased the system in 2003 - Worldwide Fibre Inc. | Vercors - Iberus - Nordic King - Teneo - Dock Express 20 - Global Mariner - Atlantida | System 12,200 km. Commissioned in 2000 and in service April 2001. Vercors laid segment D3 3293 km | 10.16 Tb/s |
| 2001 | MED NAUTILUS 1: Catania, Sicily - Chania, Crete - Athens, Greece - Istanbul, Turkey - Haifa, Israel | ASN 7000 km. including two entries below | ? | ? | System 5648 km with a further 81 km of landline. Including two entries below. The link to Istanbul was via a branching unit. | 3.84 Tb/s |
| 2001 | MED NAUTILUS 2: Catania, Sicily - Haifa, Israel | See above | See above | See above | ||
| 2001 | MED NAUTILUS 3: Catania, Sicily - Tel Aviv, Israel | See above | See above | See above | ||
| 2001 | AJC: Oxford Falls, Sydney, Australia - Tanguisson, Tumon, Guam - Shima, Maruyama, Japan | Ocean Cable Co. | Australia-Japan Ltd - Global Network Services Ltd - NTT Communications - SOFTBANK Telecom Corp - Telstra - Verizon | Fresnel - Subaru | System 12224 km. Fresnel laid 3500 km. Subaru laid 924 km. | 320 Gb/s initially. Maximum 2.56 Tb/s |
| 2001 | TGN Atlantic: (Formerly VSNL Transatlantic, formerly TYCO Transatlantic). Avon, USA - Brean, England: Manasquan, USA - Saunton Sands, England | Tyco SSI | Tata Communications | ? | System 12935 km. Landings in UK and USA are linked. Renamed following the takeover of Tyco cables by VSNL. Again renamed after VSNL was merged with Tata Communications | 2.56 Tb/s |
| 2001 | TAT 14: Tuckerton - Manasquan, USA - Blaabjerg, Denmark - Norden, Germany - Katwijk, Holland - St Valery en Caux, France - Pentewen - Widemouth Bay, England - Tuckerton, USA | Ocean Cable Co (part) | AT&T - BT - DTAG - KPN - France Telecom | Cable Innovator - Cable Endeavour - Bold Endurance - Wave Sentinel - Subaru - Maersk Recorder - Maersk Forwarder - Sir Eric Sharp - Agile - Teliri - Fresnel - Vercors | System 15428 km. Fresnel laid segments K3 and L 2855 km, of which 324 km was buried. Vercors laid segment G2 3355 km. Subaru laid 5414 km. | 1.87 Tb/s |
| 2001 | FA 1: Northport, USA - Porthcurno, England - Plerin, France - Island Park, USA | ASN 12570 km | Reliance Globalcom | Fresnel | System 14500 km. Includes land based networks. Fresnel laid LAY 1, 550 km of which 20 km was buried. Reliance Infocomm bought the whole FLAG network for $211 million in 2004 | 4.6875 Tb/s |
| 2001 | Global West Network USA | ? | Global Photon | ? | System 1350 km. | |
| 2001 | ARCOS 1- Phase 1: Hollywood, Florida, - Nassau - Cat Island - Crooked Island, Bahamas - Provideciales, Turks & Caicos Islands - Puerto Plata - Punta Cana, Dominican R - San Juan, Puerto Rico | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Alestra - AT&T - Axtel, Mexico - BTC, Bahamas - BTL, Belize - CANTV, Venezuela - Codetel - Tricom, Domican Republic - Colombus Networks - Enitel, Nicaragua - Hondutel, Honduras - ICE, Costa Rica - Impsat, USA - Internexa - Orbinet SA, Colombia - Racsa, Costa Rica - Telecarrier, Panama - Ultracom, Puerto Rico - UTS, Curacao - Verizon | ? | System 8201 km including Phase 2 (2002) | 15 Gb/s SDH with WDM on two repeatered segments. Maximum 960 Gb/s. Upgraded to 80 Gb/s and maximum 1 Tb/s + |
| 2001 | NACS: China - Japan | ASN | Level 3 | ? | System 3650 km | |
| 2001 | Cook Strait, New Zealand: Levin, North Island - Nelson, South Island | ? | TNZ | ? | System 200 km. | |
| 2001 | AQUALINK: Auckland - Waikato - Taranaki - Manawatu - Wanganui, North Island NZ - Marlborough - Canterbury, South Island NZ | Ericsson | Telstra - Saturn | Searanger (Formerly Highland Fortress) | Highland Fortress was purchased from Gulf Offshore and converted for cable laying on Teesside, UK and renamed Searanger | |
| 2001 | EAST ASIA CROSSING: Hong Kong - Pa Li, Taiwan - Shindu Ri, Korea - Ajigaura - Shima, Japan - Pa Li, Taiwan - Hong Kong | KDD-SCS main contractor - Ocean Cable Co | ? | Bold Endurance - Cable Innovator - Cable Installer - Iris (3) - Vercors | System 19500 km. Iris (3) - Cable Installer carried out route clearance work. Vercors laid segments D, E, F, and BU2 863 km. | |
| 2001 | C2C Chikura - Shima, Japan - Pusan, Korea - Nanhui, China - Tanshui - Fangshan, Taiwan - Hong Kong - Changi, Singapore - Philippines - Chikura, Japan: Hong Kong - Philippines | Ocean Cable Co (Segments 4-5). TYCO | C2C | Fresnel - Maersk Recorder (1674 km) | System 17000 km. Fresnel laid 1600 km of which 1300 km was buried | 10 Gb/s |
| 2001 | FNAL (TIGER): Western Leg; Tong Fuk, Hong Kong - Pusan, Korea - Wada, Japan | ? | Reliance Globalcom | ? | System 10,000 km including entry below | 320 Gb/s upgradeable to 3.8 Tb/s |
| 2001 | FNAL (TIGER): Eastern Leg; Tong Fuk, Hong Kong - Toucheng, Taiwan - Wada, Japan | ? | Reliance Globalcom | ? | See above | 320 Gb/s upgradeable to 3.8 Tb/s |
| 2001 | SAM-1: Boca Raton, Florida, USA - Isla Verde, Puerto Rico - Fortaleza - Salvador - Rio de Janeiro - Santos, Brazil - Las Toninas, Argentina - Valparaiso - Arica, Chile - Lurin - Mancora, Peru - Puerto San Jose - Puerto Barrios, Guatemala - Salinas, Ecuador - Barranquilla, Colombia | ? | Telefonica | ? | Festoon system with a total length of 19,964 km. | 160 Gb/s initially. Maximum capacity 1.92 Tb/s. Colombia extension; Initial 40 Gb/s., Maximum 960 Gb/s. Ecuador extension; Initial 10 Gb/s., Maximum 480 Gb/s |
| 2001 | BICS: Boca Raton, USA - Freeport - Riding Point - Crown Haven - Marsh Harbour - Sandy Point - Upper Bogue - Rock Sound, Bahamas: Upper Bogue - Nassau - Freeport, Bahamas - Boca Raton, USA | ? | Caribbean Crossing | ? | System 1000 km | Initial capacity 10 Gb/s Maximum 12 Tb/s |
| 2001 | BS-FOCS (Black Sea Fibre Optic Cable System): Varna, Bulgaria - Odessa, Ukraine - Novorossijsk Russia | ASN 1300 km - Tyco SSI | BTC, Bulgaria - CyTA, Cyprus - UKRETELECOM, Ukraine - Westelcom, Russia - OTE, Greece - Armentel, Armenia. Later joined by Deutsch Telekom - AT&T, USA - KDD, Japan - CT, Croatia | Maersk Fighter | System 1300 km. | 2.5 Gb/s |
| 2002 | APCN 2: Kitaibaraki - Chikura, Japan - Tanshui, Taiwan - Shantou, China - Batangas, Philippines - Katong, Singapore - Kuantan, Malaysia - Lantau, Hong Kong - Chongming, China - Kitaibaraki, Japan | Ocean Cable Co | China Telecom - Chungwa Telecom - CTM - France Telecom - KDDI - Korean Telecom - NTT Communications - PLDT - Reach NHK - Singtel - Telekom Malaysia | 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 | Maersk Recorder laid 1250 km. Subaru 3759 km. Kuroshio Maru 1250 km. | 160 Gb/s initially now upgraded to 280 Gb/s. Maximum capacity 2.56 Tb/s. |
| 2002 | ARCOS 1- Phase 2: Hollywood, Florida - Cancun - Tulum, Mexico - Ladyville, Belize - Puerto Barrio, Guatemala - Puerto Cortes - Trujillo - Puerto Lempira, Honduras - Puerto Cabezas - Bluefields, Nicaragua - Puerto Limon, Costa - Rica - Maria Chiquila, Panama - Ustupo - Cartagena - Rio Hacha, Colombia - Punta Fijo, Venezuela - Willemstad, Curacao - San Juan, Puerto Rico | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Alestra - AT&T - Axtel, Mexico - BTC, Bahamas - BTL, Belize - CANTV, Venezuela - Codetel - Tricom, Domican Republic - Colombus Networks - Enitel, Nicaragua - Hondutel, Honduras - ICE, Costa Rica - Impsat, USA - Internexa - Orbinet SA, Colombia - Racsa, Costa Rica - Telecarrier, Panama - Ultracom. Puerto Rico - UTS, Curacao - Verizon | ? | System 8201 km including Phase 1 (2001) | 15 Gb/s SDH with WDM on two repeatered segments. Maximum 960 Gb/s. Upgraded to 80 Gb/s and maximum 1 Tb/s + |
| 2002 | FLAG Pacific 1: Japan - USA - Canada | ASN | Flag Telecom | ? | ||
| 2002 | Ar, Gotland - Ut, Sweden | ? | AB Stokab | ? | System 135 km. | |
| 2002 | TGN Northern Europe: (Formerly VSNL Northern Europe, formerly Tyco NE): Hunmanby, England - Eemshaven, Holland | Tyco SSI | Tata Communications | ? | 578 km. | 3.84 Tb/s (Maximum capacity) |
| 2002 | TGN Western Europe: (Formerly VSNL Western Europe, formerly Tyco WE): Brean, England - Seixal, Portugal: Saunton Sands, England - Sopelana, Spain | Tyco SSI | Tata Communications | ? | System 2265 + 1434 km. | 3.84 Tb/s (Maximum capacity) |
| 2002 | SAT 3/WASC: Melkbosstrand, South Africa - Luanda, Angola - Libreville, Gabon - Douala, Cameroon - Lagos, Nigeria - Cotonou, Benin - Accra, Ghana - Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Dakar, Senegal - Alta Vista, Gran Canaria - Chipiona, Spain - Sesimbra, Portugal | ASN Calais 14000 km. | Telkom SA - Telefonica - Angola Telekom - Ghana Telecom - Nitel - Gabon PT - Benin PT - Marconi - Sonatel - Camtel - CIT | ? | System 14350 km | Phase 1: 20 Gb/s. Phase 2: 40 Gb/s. Maximum 120 Gb/s |
| 2002 | ALPAL 2: El Djemila, Algeria - Ses Covetes, Majorca | Pirelli | Telefonica - France Telecom - APT | Maersk Responder | System 320 km. | 4 x 2.5 Gb/s. Maximum capacity 80 Gb/s |
| 2002 | SAFE Cape Town - Durban, South Africa - St Paul, Reunion - Baie Jacotet, Mauritius - Cochin, India - Penang, Malaysia | Tycom SCS main contractor | France Telecom - Mauritius Telecom - MCI International - Telecom Malaysia - Tata Communications - Telekom Communications International | Vercors | System 13500 km. Vercors laid segments S8B, S9B, S10B, 3166 km | Phase 1: 20 Gb/s. Phase 2: 40 Gb/s. Maximum 440 Gb/s |
| 2002 | i2i Tuas, Singapore - Chennai, India | ? | Bharti Airtel | ? | System 3200 km. | 10 Gb/s x 105 w/l |
| 2002 | TGN Pacific: (Formerly VSNL Transpacific): Emi, Japan - Nedonna Beach, Oregon: Toyohashi, Japan - Piti, Guam: Hermosa Beach, California, - Twin Rocks, Oregon: Toyohashi, Japan - Twin Rocks, Oregon | Tyco SSI | Tata Communications | ? | System 8338 + 2741 + 2064 + 8652 km. Renamed following takeover of Tyco cables by VSNL. Renamed following the merger of VSNL with Tata | 5.12 Tb/s |
| 2002 | Kami Hachiman - Okinoshima, Japan | ? | NTT | ? | ||
| 2002 | KJCN: (1) Pusan, Korea - Kitakyushu, Japan: (2) Pusan - Fukoka, Japan | ? | Softbank Telecom - NTT Communications - KT Corporation - KEPCO | ? | System 500 km | 2.88 Tb/s |
| 2003 | Crozet Islands | CEA | UNO | René Descartes | System of hydrophones with satellite link for use by UNO | |
| 2003 | APOLLO:Widemouth Bay, Bude, England - Brookhaven, USA: Lannion, France - Manasquan, USA | ASN | C&W - Alcatel - Apollo SCS Ltd | Ile de Batz - Ile de Brehat - Ile de Sein - Skandi Neptune | System North route 6200 km., 160 repeaters, 35 equalisers. South route 6530 km., 175 repeaters, 35 equalisers. Skandi Neptune laid the European shelf section on the North route 847 km. Ile de Brehat 4400 km main lay on the North route. Ile de Sein European section on the South route 1912 km. The remainder was laid by Ile de Batz | 10 Gb/s per fiber pair, 4 pairs per leg, 80 wavelengths per pair, ultimate capacity 3.2Tb/s per leg |
| 2003 | Bass Strait 2: Inverloch, Victoria, Australia - Stanley, Tasmania | ASN Calais | Telstra | Ile de Batz | System 240 km. | 2.5 Gb/s |
| 2003 | Azores - Madeira | ASN Calais | PTC | Ile de Sein | System 1135 km. | 16 x 10 Gb/s SDH |
| 2003 | Madeira - Porto Santo | ASN Calais | PTC | Ile de Sein | System 85 km unrepeatered. | |
| 2003 | Meike - Sawada, Japan | ? | NTT | Subaru | ||
| 2003 | Port Sudan, Sudan - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | STC Saudi Arabia | System 333 km | 1.2 Tb/s | ||
| ? | SILK ROUTE Phase 1: Athens, Greece - Padova, Italy: Athens - Crete | Pirelli | ? | ? | System 1900 km. | |
| ? | INDOSAT: East Java - Jakarta - Bandung - Sumatra | Pirelli | ? | ? | System 1376 km including landlines. | |
| ? | Sumatra - Batum | Pirelli | System 345 km. | |||
| 2004 | Breivika, Norway - Hotellneset, Svalbard. 2 cables Segment 1 and 2 | Tyco | Owner: Norwegian Space Centre Operator: Telenor |
Cable Innovator - Maersk Recorder | System:- Each cable consists of 8 fibre pairs, Only one pair is required at present and only Segment 1 cable is used Segment 2 acting as back up. Segment l:-1375 km with 172 km buried, 20 repeaters. Cable Innovator commenced laying from Breivika on 26 July 2003 and Maersk Recorder from Hotellneset on 21 July 2003. The final splice took place midway between the terminals on 1 August 2003. Segment 2:- 1339 km with 173 km buried, 20 repeaters. Cable Innovator commenced laying from Breivika on 4 August 2003 and Maersk Recorder from Hotellneset on 1 August 2003- The final splice took place midway between the terminals on 13 August 2003. The cable (Segment 1) came into service in January 2004 | |
| 2004 | Breivika, Harstad, Norway. 2 cables Segment 1A and 2A both repeaterless | Tyco | Owner: Norwegian Space Centre Operator: Telenor | Cable Innovator - Maersk Recorder | System Segment 1 A 61 km. Segment 2A 74 km. Both cables are a combination of land and submarine cable, The cable (Segment 1 A) was brought into service in January 2004 | |
| 2004 | UAE - Iran | Pirelli | System 350 km, plus 50 km of landline | |||
| 2004 | TGN TIC: Tuas, Singapore - Chennai, India | Tyco | Tata Communications | Tyco Durable | System 3200 km. Originally a link between Mumbai and Chennai was planned but was not carried out | |
| 2004 | Doha - Halul, Qatar - Das Island - Abu Dhabi, UAE | Etilsat | System 200 km. | 2 x 10 Gb/s | ||
| 2004 | TELAPA: La Gaviota, Las Palmas - El Socorro, Tenerife | ? | ? | System 130 km. | 2 x 10 Gb/s | |
| 2004 | EASTLINK: Graham Pond, Prince Edward Island - Port Hood, Cape Breton Island, Canada | Ile de Batz | System 54 km., the whole cable being buried. Installation was carried out by IT International Telecom | |||
| 2004 | COGIM: Cable Optique; La Gaspsie - Iles de la Madeleine, Canada | Nexans, Norway | Ile de Batz | System 2 cables, 220 and 216 km. Both cables were buried. Installation was carried out by IT International Telecom | ||
| 2004 | Okinawa Hontou - Myakojima - Ishigakijima, Japan | ? | NTT | ? | ||
| 2004 | Ventspils, Latvia - Farosund, Stavsnas, Gotland, Sweden | ? | Baltcom Fiber SIA - AB Stokab | ? | System 175 km. | 2.5 Gb/s |
| 2004 | SMPR-1: St. Maarten - Isla Verde, Puerto Rico | ? | SMITCOMS | ? | System 375 km | Initial capacity 2.5 G/bs. Maximum capacity 20 G/bs |
| 2004 | ALASKA UNITED WEST: Warrenton, USA - Ketchikan, Alaska - Whittier, Alaska | ? | GCI | ? | System 2500 km | Initial 10 Gb/s. Maximum 640 Gb/s |
| 2004 | GCN: Galisbay, St Martin - Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis - Dickenson Bay, Antigua - Baie Mahault, Balif, Guadeloupe - Canefield, Dominica - Le Lamentin, Martinique - Port Castries, St Lucia: St Lucia - Bridgetown, Barbados: Port castries - Kingstown, St Vincent - Port Salines, Grenada - Macqueripe, Trinidad: Port Castries - Hams Bluff, Virgin Islands | ? | Global Caribbean Network | ? | System 2100 km. | 1.2 Tb/s |
| 2004 | GWEN: Bari, Italy - Corfu, Greece. (2 cables over this route) | ? | OTE | ? | System 647 km | |
| 2004 | SMPR-1: San Juan, Puerto Rico - St Martin, Netherlands Antilles | ? | Smitcoms | System 375 km | 2.5 Gb/s | |
| 2004 | VMSCS: St George's Bay, Malta - Catania, Sicily | Vodafone Malta | System 250 km | 6 x 10 Gb/s | ||
| 2004 | FARICE: Funningsfjordur, Faroe Islands - Seydisfjordur, Iceland - Dunnet Bay, Scotland | Pirelli | Farice Ltd - Iceland Telecom Ltd | Pertinacia | System 1400 km. | 2 x 10 Gb/s |
| 2005 | 8 Mile Rock, Grand Bahama - Alice Town, Bimini | Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke | Cable Innovator | |||
| 2005 | Basslink: McGaurans Beach, Victoria - Four Mile Bluff, Tasmania | ? | National Grid Australia | System 298 km 400 kV power cable | ||
| 2005 | SEA ME WE 4 France - Singapore | ASN - Fujitsu | Singtel, Singapore - Telekom Malaysia Berhad - CAT Telecom, Thailand - Barti Infotel Ltd., India - VSNL, India - Bangladesh T&T - Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd - Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. - ETISALAT, UAE - Saudi Telecom Co. - Telecom Egypt - Tunisie Telecom - Algerie Telecom - Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A - France Telecom - MCI, UK | Niwa - Descartes | System 20000 km. Melaka, Salun, Cox's Bazar, Colombo, Karachi, Fujairah, Bizerte and Annaba were linked to the main cable by branching units. | 1.28 Tb/s |
| 2005 | SEA ME WE 4: SEGMENT S1; Tuas, Singapore - Melaka, Malaysia - Satun, Thailand - Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh - Chennai, India - Colombo, Sri Lanka - Mumbai, India | Fujitsu 8,000 km and all repeaters | See above | Niwa (Formerly Global Link) | CS Niwa laid the shore ends and carried out burial work at Mumbai | 1.28 Tb/s. Maximum Capacity upgraded to 2.4 Tb/s |
| 2005 | SEA ME WE 4: SEGMENT S2; Mumbai, India - Karachi, Pakistan - Fujairah, UAE - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Suez, Egypt | ASN 5500 km and all repeaters | See above | Niwa | System 5500 km. Inaugrated 13 December 2005 | See above |
| 2005 | SEA ME WE 4: SEGMENT S3: Landines Suez - Alexandria, Egypt | ASN | See above | See above | ||
| 2005 | SEA ME WE 4: SEGMENT 4; Alexandria, Egypt - Palermo, Italy - Bizerte, Tunisia - Annaba, Algeria - Marseille, France | ASN 6500 km cable - Fujitsu all repeaters | See above | Rene Descartes | System 6500 km | See above |
| 2005 | FALCON: Suez, Egypt - Aqaba, Jordan - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Port Sudan, Sudan - Al Hudaydah - Al Ghaydah, Yemen - Al Seeb - Kasab, Oman - Dubai, UAE - Sumaisma, Qatar - Manama, Bahrain - Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia - Kuwait City, Kuwait - Bandar Abbas - Chabahar, Iran - Mumbai, India: Trivandrum - Hulhumal�, India - Colombo, Sri Lanka | Alcatel | Reliance Globalcom | ? | Oman - India section opened for service December 2005. The remainder September 2006 | |
| 2005 | Med Cable: Marseille, France - Annaba - Algiers, Algeria | ? | Med Cable | ? | System 1215 km | 2 x 10 Gb/s |
| 2005 | DMCS: Dumai, Indonesia - Melaka, Malaysia | ? | Telekom Malaysia - PT Telkom | ? | System 148 km | ? |
| 2006 | BLCS: Bharat Lanka Cable System; Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka - Tuticorin, India | ? | Sri Lanka Telekom - BSNL India | ? | System 338 km | 10 G/bs |
| 2006 | HUGO: Porthcurno, England - Guernsey - Lannion, France | ASN | C&W | Tycom Reliance | Porthcurno - Guernsey section laid 3 - 24 July 2006 and Guernsey - France 27 July - 8 August 2006. AHTS Granit carried out route clearance. Cable buried throughout. Cable is a recovered section of the GEMINI South cable laid in 1997. | 60 + 55 Gb/s SDH. . |
| 2006 | BUS 2: Manasquan, USA - Devonshire, Bermuda | Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd., Southampton. | C&W | ? | Part of the GEMINI South cable was recovered and laid over this route | 60 + 55 Gb/s SDH. . |
| 2006 | VENUS: Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea | University of Victoria, Canada | Wave Venture | System 4 km. Scheme to put the ocean floor on line at www.venus.uvic.ca | ||
| 2006 | FIBRALINK: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - Kingston, Jamaica: Kingston - Ocho Rios - Montego Bay, Jamaica | Colombus Networks | IT Intrepid | System 2438 km | 320 Gb/s | |
| 2006 | APNG 2: Sydney, Australia - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | ASN | Telikom PNG - Telstra | Ile de Re | System 1800 km. This was part of the PACRIM WEST cable which was withdrawn from service in 2005. Ile de Re first recovered 300 km of cable which was tested and found to be in servicable condition. So the main recovery was undertaken. This started just to the south of Guam to a point off Rockampton, Queensland where the cable was cut. The Sydney end of the cable was then spliced to the recovered cable and Ile de Re headed for Ela Beach, Port Moresby. | 1.12 Tb/s |
| 2006 | Anchorage - Seward - Narrow Cape - Kodiak - Homer - Kenai Anchorage, Alaska | ASN | Kenai Kodiak Cable Company | Maersk Defender | System 971 km. Repeaterless cable. Laying commenced July 2006 and was completed by December | Initial 2.5 Gb/s. Maximum 10 Gb/s |
| 2006 | Tuticorin, India - Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka | NEC (Prime Contractor) | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, India - Sri Lanka Telecom | Subaru | System 323 km. Initial capacity 40Gbps. Maximum capacity 960Gbps. | |
| 2006 | Estlink: Helsinki, Finland - Talin, Estonia | ? | ABB - Eesti Energia - Latvenergo - Lietuvos Energia - Pohjolan Voima - Helsinki Energia | Sovereign | System: 2 high voltage cables each 77 k,m laid in parallel | |
| 2006 | ANTILLES CROSSING: Hans Bluff, Br Virgin Islands - Port Castries, St Lucia - Bridgetown, Barbados | Antilles Crossing - Barbados Light & Power - Leucadia - Telebarbados | System 972 km | Initial capacity 40 Gb/s. Maximum capacity 80 Gb/s | ||
| 2006 | Colombo, Sri Lanka - Huhumal�, India | ? | Dhiraagu (Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun Private Ltd.) - Sri Lanka Telecom | System 237 km | ||
| 2006 | Kuwait City, Kuwait - Kharg Island, Iran | ? | Etielsat | System380 km | 2.5 Gb/s | |
| 2006 | JASUKA: Batam - Pontianak - Tanjun Pandan - Jakarta, Indonesia | ? | PT Telekom | System 1040 km | Initial 20 Gb/s. Maximum 320 Gb/s | |
| 2006 | RJCN: Nakhodka, Russia - Naoetsu, Japan | Rostelcom | System 1800 km consisting of two cables | 640 Gb/s | ||
| 2006 | TIS: Songkhla, Thailand - Batam, Indonesia | CAT Telecom - PT Telekom, Singtel | System 1100 km | 30 Gb/s | ||
| 2007 | BLCS: Bharat Lanka Cable System; Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka - Tuticorin, India | Sri Lanka Telekom - BSNL India | System 338 km | 10 G/bs | ||
| 2007 | Sri Lanka - Male, Maldives | NEC (Prime Contractor) | Dhiraagu (Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun Private Ltd.) - Sri Lanka Telecom | ? | System 1100 km., including connections to four other islands | |
| 2007 | Sovetskaya Gavan, Russia - Ilinskij, Sakhalin Island | ? | TransTeleCom | Fu Hai (Formerly Maersk Recorder) | Global Marine Systems and Sino British Submarine Systems carried out the installation | |
| 2007 | La Gomera - El Hierro, Canary Islands | Tyco Telecommunications | Telefonica de Espaa | Teneo | System 145 km. | |
| 2007 | Trinidad & Tobago - Curacao | Tyco Telecommunications | Columbus Networks | ? | System 1000 km. | 1.875 Tb/s |
| 2007 | ATLAS OFFSHORE: Asilah, Morocco - Marseilles, France | ? | Maroc Telecom | ? | System 1634 km | Initial capacity 40 Gb/s. Maximum capacity 320 Gb/s |
| 2007 | BRCS: Sungai Rengit - Batam, Indonesia | ? | Excelcom | ? | System 63 km | 10 Gb/s |
| 2007 | SCF-CN: Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis - Martinique - Port Castries, St Lucia - Kingstown, St Vincent - Port Salines, Grenada - Port Castries, St Lucia - Redcar, Trinidad and Tobago - Bridgetown, Barbados | SCF (Group Loret) | System 1186 km | 1.28 to 1.6 Tb/s | ||
| 2007 | WARF: Cochin - Hulhumale, India | WARF Telecom International | System 1100 km | |||
| 2007 | NEPTUNE; New Jersey - Long Island | Prysmian (Italy) | Powerbridge | Giulio Verne | System 51 miles plus 14 miles of land cable. 660MW power cable | |
| 2008 | HSCS: Hokkaido-Sakahalin Cable System: Hokkaido, Japan - Nevelsk, Sakahalin Island, Russia | ? | NTT Com - TransTeleCom | Subaru | System 570 km. Work carried out from July 8 to November 26 2007. Brought into service 3 July 2008 | 640 Gb/s |
| 2008 | CFX-1: Boca Raton, USA - Morant Point, Jamaica - Cartagena, Colombia | Tyco Telecommunications | Columbus Networks | ? | Sytem 2423 km | Initial 110 Gb/s. Maximum 2 Tb/s + |
| 2008 | MATRIX CABLE SYSTEM:- Jakarta, Indonesia - Changi, Singapore - Batam, Indonesia | Tyco Telecommunications | ? | Wave Mercury - Cable Networker (barge) | System 1350 km. Route survey completed August 2007. Extension to Perth, Australia to be installed at a later date. | 4 fibre pairs each carrying 64 x 10 Gb/s. Maximum capacity 2.6 Tb/s DWDM. |
| 2008 | GONDWANA 1: Nouméa, New Caledonia - Sydney, Australia | Alcatel | OPT, New Caledonia | Ile de Ré | Work is scheduled to be completed by Spring 2008 | Initial 2 x 10 Gb/s. Upgraded to 4 x 10 Gb/s. Maximum 128 x 10 Gb/s |
| 2008 | GONDWANA 1: Poindimié, New Caledonia - Mouli Island - Lifou, Loyalty Islands | Alcatel | OPT, New Caledonia | Ile de Ré | Repeaterless cable. Work is scheduled to be completed by Spring 2008 | Initial 2 x 10 Gb/s. Upgraded to 4 x 10 Gb/s. Maximum 128 x 10 Gb/s |
| 2008 | TPE (Trans Pacific Express) Nedonna Beach, USA - Chongming & Qingdao, China -Tanshui, Taiwan - Keoje, South Korea | Tyco Telecommunications - Alcatel - NEC Submarine Systems | Verizon Business - China Telecom - China Netcom - China Unicom - Korean Telecom - Chungwa Telecom | Tyco Durable - Ile de Sein - Ile de Batz - Fu Hai - Segero - Cable Innovator | System 18000 km. Work is scheduled to commence Spring 2007 and be completed by Autumn 2008 | Initial capacity 2.56 Tb/s. Maximum capacity 5.12 Tb/s |
| 2008 | ENDEAVOUR: Sydney, Australia - Keawaulu, Hawaii | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Systems | Telstra | Ile de Sein | System 9000 km. Due for completion end 2008 | 1.28 Tb/s |
| 2008 | SHEFA 2: Banff, Scotland - Ayre of Cara, Orkney Islands - Sandwick, Shetland Islands: Maywick, Shetland Islands - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | NSW | Xtera | IT Intrepid | System 1000 km | Initial 2 x 10 Gb/s Maximum 57 x 10 Gb/s |
| 2008 | DANICE: Blaabjerg, Denmark - Landeyjarsandur, Iceland | ? | Farice Inc. | ? | System 2250 km | Initial 100 Gb/s. Maximum 5.1 Tb/s |
| 2008 | BT LIBERTY: L'Ancresse Bay, Guernsey - Blackpool Sands, Devon, England | ASN Calais | BT | Sovereign | Laying took place 24 April - 30 April 2008. | |
| 2008 | NORTHERN LIGHTS: Dunnet Bay, Scotland - Skaill, Orkney Islands | ASN, Calais | BT | Sovereign | Laying expected to be carried out June - July 2008. Laying interrupted due to Sovereign having to return to port (Hebburn on Tyne) for engine repairs. Left port on 19 July following completion of repairs. | |
| 2008 | GREENLAND CONNECT: Milton, Newfoundland - Nuuk, Greenland: Nuuk - Qaqortoq, Greenland - Landeyarsandur, Iceland | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | Tele Greenland | Maersk Responder assisted by Blue Castor (Milton - Nuuk): Ile de Sein (Landeyarsandur - Qaqortoq -Nuuk) | System 2500 + 2100 km. Contract signed December 2007. Due to open for service 4th quarter 2008 | 96 x 10 Gb/s |
| 2008 | MARS: Monterey Accelerated Research System | Global Sentinel | Consists of 52 km of power and fibre optic cable laid in Monterey Bay terminating in a 5 ton node containing earthquake sensors and low light cameras etc. Went live 10 November 2008 | |||
| 2008 | MINERVA: (a) Yeroskipos, Cyprus linked via branching unit to Mazara, Sicily - Tel Aviv, Israel cable. (b) Penthaskhinos, Cyprus linked via branching unit to Catania, Sicily - Haifa, Israel cable | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Systems | MedNautilus - Cyta | System 500 km. Contract signed February 2007 | 10 Gb/s | |
| 2008 | BP-GOM: Ingleside - Pascagoula, USA | ? | BP American Production Company | ? | Sysytem 1190 km | 10 Gb/s |
| 2008 | CAUCASUS CABLE SYSTEM: Varna, Bulgaria - Poti, Georgia | Tyco Telecommunications | Caucasus Networks Ltd | ? | System 1187 km | Upgraded to 1.2 Tb/s in 2011 |
| 2008 | SEAK: South East Alaska Fibre Optic System: Will connect Angoon , Hawk Inlet, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka and Wrangell to the existing Alaska United West System | ? | GCI Communications Corporation | ? | System 754 km | |
| 2009 | JAKABARE: Jakarta, Java - Ponitianak, Kalimantan - Batam Island, Indonesia - Tuas, Singapore | NEC (Main Contractors) | ? | Cable Innovator | System 1300 km | Initial 160 Gb/s. Maximum 1.28 Tb/s |
| 2009 | GO 2: St Pauls Bay, Malta - Mazara del Vallo, Sicily | Alcatel-Lucent - Elettra | GO - Interoute | Teliri | System 290 km. Alcatel-Lucent will manufacture the cable and Elettra will carry out laying and route survey. Malta shore end laid 26 November. Main lay was to start 2 December but was delayed because of gales. Laying to take two weeks and the cable is due to enter service early 2009. | 2 x 10Gb/s |
| 2009 | CHALLENGER: Bermuda - Vero Beach, USA | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | Cable Co Ltd. - North Rock Communications Ltd | ? | System 1445 kms. Due to open for service early 2009. Laying completed September 2008. | Initial capacity 20 Gb/s. Maximum capacity 320 Gb/s |
| 2009 | PPC 1: Sydney, Australia - Popondetta, Madang, Papua New Guinea - Piti, Guam | Hitachi | PIPE NETWORKS - VSNL | Tyco Durable - Tyco Decisive | System 7185 km. Due for completion 2009. Tyco Durable working North and Tyco Decisive working South. Cable crosses the Marianas Trench (maximum depth 12000 m) Cable maximum depth 9440 m. Opened for service 8 October 2009 | 2 fibre pair, 1.92 Tb/s. Maximum capacity now 2.56Tb/s. |
| 2009 | NEPTUNE: North-East Pacific Time-Series Networked Experiments: Port Alberni - Bamfield - Folger Passage (Node) - ODP 889 (Node) - Middle Valley (Node) - Endeavour (Node) - ODP 1027 (Node) - Barkley Canyon (Node) - Bamfield - Port Alberni | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Systems | University of Victoria, Canada | M/V Frosti carried out the route survey - Ile de Sein laid the cable - Global Sentinel carried out the Post Lay Inspection Burial (PLIB) | System 800 km of power and fibre optic cable in the main loop and two similar spurs to Middle Valley and Endeavour totalling 125 km. Cable laying commenced 23 Aug 2007 and was scheduled to be completed in seven weeks. Nodes to be laid in 2008 and the whole system to be online in 2009 | |
| 2009 | TGN EURASIA: Mumbai, India - Djibouti - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Ras Sidr, Egypt: Alexandria, Egypt - Marseilles, France | Tyco Telecommunications | Tata Communications | ? | System 6000 km | Initial 160 Gb/s. Maximum 1.28 Tb/s |
| 2009 | TGN INTRA-ASIA: Tuas, Singapore - Vung Tau, Vietnam - Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong - Ballesteros, Philippines - Toyohashi, Japan - Piti, Guam | Tyco Telecommunications | Tata Communications | System 6485 km | 3.84 Tb/s | |
| 2009 | HANNIBAL: Kelibia, Tunisia - Mazara, Italy | Huawei Marine (Prime Contractor) | Tunisie Telecom | Sovereign | System 170 km. | Initial capacity 10 Gb/s per fibre pair, increasing to 40 Gb/s per fibre pair. Maximum capacity 3.2 Tb/s |
| 2009 | TEAMS: The East African Marine System:- Fujairah, UAE - Mombasa, Kenya | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | Kenyan Government owns 45%; Etilsat 15%. Remainder split between various telecomms companies and ISP's | Niwa | System 4900 km. Contract signed November 2007. Laying commenced from Fujairah April 2009 and is due to be completed June 2009. | 640Gb/s. Maximum capacity 1.2Tb/s |
| 2009 | SEACOM: Mumbai, India via BU - Mombasa, Kenya - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Toliary, Madagascar - Maputo, Mozambique - Mtunzini, South Africa: Djibouti - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Ras Sidr, Egypt - Marseille, France | Tyco Telecommunications | ? | Tyco Durable - Tyco Decisive - Tyco Dependable - Tyco Resolute - Tyco Responder | System 13000 km. Contract signed July 2007. Due to open for service July 2009. Direct links to London have been made available. | 640 Gb/s |
| 2009 | AKORN: Homer, Alaska - Florence, Oregon, USA | ? | ACS Communications Systems | ? | System 2808 km | 10 G/bs |
| 2009 | AAG: ASIA AMERICA GATEWAY: Mersing, Malaysia - Changi, Singapore - Sri Racha, Thailand - Tungku, Brunei - Vung Tau, Vietnam -Lantau, Hong Kong - La Union, Philippines - Tanguisson, Guam - Keawaula, Hawaii - San Luis Obispo, USA | Alcatel - NEC | Telekom Malaysia - StarHub, Singapore - CAT, Thailand - Brunei Govt. - Telstra, Australia - Bayan Tel, PLDT, ETPI, Philippines - PT Telekom, Indonesia - VNPT, Vietnam - Bharti Airtel, India - AT&T, USA - BT, UK | Rene Descartes | System 20,000 km. Brought into service on 11 Nov 2009 | 500 G/bs |
| 2009 | LION 1: (Lower Indian Ocean Network): Toamasina, Madagascar - St Marie, Reunion - Terre Rouge, Mauritius | France Telecom - Mauritius Telecom - Orange Madagascar | Chamarel | System 1000 km. Opened for service 16 November 2009 | 1.28 Tb/s | |
| 2009 | Angola Coastal Network: Cabinda - Soyo - Nzeto - Luanda - Porto Amboim - Benguela - Lucira - Namibe | Ericsson | Angola Telecom | ? | System 1800 km. Italian company 'Elettra' to lay and bury cable | Initial capacity 30 Gb/s. Maximum Capacity 80 Gb/s |
| 2009 | ASH: Keawaula, Hawaii - Pago Pago, US Samoa | ? | ASH Cable Company | ? | System 4680 km | 1.2 Tb/s |
| 2009 | BSCS: Changi, Singapore - Batam, Indonesia | ? | Telekom Indonesia | ? | System 73 km | 80 Gb/s |
| 2009 | C-BUS: Manasquan, USA - Tortola, British Virgin Islands | ? | LIME | ? | ? | ? |
| 2009 | MENA: Mazara de Vallo, Sicily - Alexandria, Egypt: Suez - Zafarana, Egypt - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Al Seeb, Oman - Mumbai, India | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (Egypt - Sicily cable) | Orascom | ? | System 3850 km. Contract signed October 2007 | 5.76 Tb/s |
| 2010 | HANTRU 1: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands - Guam: Majuro, Marshall Islands - Pohnpei, Micronesia | TE Subcom | Hannon Armstrong Capital - Truestone - TE Subcom | ? | System 2917 km. | Initial capacity 20 Gb/s. Maximum capacity 160 Gb/s |
| 2010 | PACIFIC UNITY: Chikura, Japan - Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, USA | NEC (Prime Contractor) - Tyco Telecommunications | Google - Bharti Airtel Ltd - Global Transit - KDDI - Pacnet - Sing Tel | ? | System 10000 km. Contract signed Feb 2008. Opened for service March 2010 | |
| 2010 | FLAG NGN: System 1: India - Malaysia - Singapore - Indonesia - Philippines - Brunei - Vietnam - Hong Kong | Fujitsu | FLAG TELECOM | System 50,000 km including entries below | ||
| 2010 | FLAG NGN: System 2: India - Kenya - Tanzania - Mozambique - South Africa: Madagascar - Mauritius | Fujitsu | FLAG TELECOM | |||
| 2010 | FLAG NGN: System 3: Libya - Lebanon - Cyprus - Greece - Turkey - Malta | Fujitsu | FLAG TELECOM | |||
| 2010 | FLAG NGN: System 4: Japan - China - Hong Kong - USA | Fujitsu | FLAG TELECOM | |||
| 2010 | HONTUA: Spencer Beach, Hawaii - Papeete, French Polynesia: | Alcatel | OPT (Office de Postes & Telecommunications) | Ile de Re | System 4650 km plus 305 km for inter island cables. See entry below | Initial capacity 2 x 10 Gb/s, Maximum capacity 32 x 10 Gb/s |
| 2010 | Papeete - Moorea - Huahine - Uturoa - Vaitape, French Polynesia | Alcatel | OPT (Office de Postes & Telecommunications) | Ile de Re | 2 fibre pairs. Initial capacity 2 x 2.5 Gb/s, maximum capacity 8 x 10 Gb/s | |
| 2010 | EIG: Europe India Gateway; Bude, England - Sesimbra, Portugal - Gibraltar - Teutan, Morocco - Monaco - Tripoli, Libya - Alexandria, Egypt: Ras Sidr, Egypt - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Djibouti - Muscat - Fujairah, UAE - Mumbai, India | Alcatel-Lucent - Tyco Telecommunications | AT&T - Bharti Airtel - BT - C&W - Djibouti Telecom - Gibtelcom - IAM - Libya PTT - MTN Group - Omantel - UAE PT - Saudi Telecom - Telecom Egypt - Telkom SA - Verizon Business | ? | System 15000 km. Due for completion 2nd quarter 2010 | 3.84 Tb/s DWDM |
| 2010 | EASSy: EAST AFRICA SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEM: Main cable runs from Port Sudan, Sudan to Mtunzini, South Africa. The follwing are connected via branching units:- Djibouti - Mogadishu, Somalia - Mombasa, Kenya - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Moroni, Comoros - Bandele, Mayotte - Toliary, Madagascar - Maputo, Mozambique. | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Systems | WIOCC: West Indian Ocean Cable Company which consists of the telecoms companies in the following countries:- Djibouti - Kenya - Somalia - Uganda - Zanzibar - Burundi - Nigeria - Botswana - Mozambique - Lesotho. Other partners are - Mauritius Telecom - Comoros Telecom - Sudatel, Sudan - MTN Group - Neotel - Telkom, South Africa - Telecom Malagasy - Tanzania Telecoms - Zambia Telecoms - BT, UK - France Telecom - Etisalat, UAE - Bharthi AerTel, India - Saudi Telecom | ? | System 10500 km. Construction contract signed March 2007. Laying completed 19 April 2010. Opened for service 21 July 2010. Landlocked countries; Botswana - Burundi - Central African Republic - Democratic Republic of Congo - Chad - Ethiopia - Lesotho - Malawi - Rwanda - Swaziland - Uganda - Zambia and Zimbabwe; will be linked to the cable via a land based fibre optic network. | 3 fibre pairs. Maximum capacity 1.4 Tb/s |
| 2010 | MAIN ONE: Phase 1; Seixal, Portugal - Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Links to Casablanca, Morocco - Tenerife, Canary Islands -Dakar, Senegal - Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Accra, Ghana - Lagos, Nigeria via branching units. Phase 2; Nigeria - Angola - South Africa | Tyco (Cable) | ? | Tyco Resolute | Due for completion May 2010. Phase 1 opened for business on 1 July 2010 | 2 fibre pair, 1.28 Tb/s |
| 2010 | Project Kelvin: Dublin - Drogheda - Dundalk - Castleblayney - Monaghan, Ireland - Omagh - Strabane, N. Ireland - Letterkenny, Ireland - Londonderry - Coleraine, N. Ireland: Monaghan - Armagh - Portadown - Belfast - Ballymena - Coleraine, N. Ireland | ? | Hibernia Atlantic | Sovereign | Landline with a connection to Hibernia's southern cable at Dublin and a connection to their northern cable via a branching unit and cable to Coleraine. Due to enter service March 2010 | |
| 2010 | Iceland - via branching unit to Hibernia's Northern cable | Hibernia Atlantic | Will provide Iceland with a direct link to Canada, USA, Ireland, England | |||
| 2010 | Maldonado, Uruguay - Las Toninas, Argentina | Alcatel-Lucent (Prime Contractor) | Antel - Telecom Argentina | System 250 km. Due for completion 4th quarter 2010 | Initial 50 Gb/s. Maximum capacity 3.84 Tb/s | |
| 2010 | MKCS: Mataran - Kapang Cable System. Connects 5 islands off the east coast of Indonesia | Huewai Marine (Prime contractor) | PT Telkom | ? | System 1200 km. Due for completion late 2010 | Initial capacity 4 x 10 G/bs |
| 2010 | SG-SCS: Surinam Guyana Submarine Cable System:- Surinam - Guyana - Trinidad | NEXANS | Telesur Surinam - Guyana Telephone & Telegraph | Sovereign | System 1127 km. Sovereign is at present (December 2009) loading the cable at Rognan, Norway and will sail for Surinam in the New Year. Completed May 2010. | 2 fibre pair |
| 2010 | JaKa2LaDeMa: Pontianak - Ketapong - Pangkalanbun - Bandjermasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia | NSW - Fujitsu | Telkom Indonesia | ? | Opened for service May 2010 | |
| 2010 | JaKa2LaDeMa: Sangatta, Kalimantan - Toweli, Sulawesi, Indonesia | NSW - Fujitsu | Telkom Indonesia | ? | Opened for service May 2010 | |
| 2010 | JaKa2LaDeMa: Jember, Java - Benculuk, Bali - Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia | NSW - Fujitsu | Telkom Indonesia | ? | Opened for service May 2010 | |
| 2010 | ADONES: Cabindo - Soyo (2 cables on this section) - N'zeto - Cacuaco (Luanda) - Port Amboim - Benguela - Lucira - Namibe, Angola | Ericsson | Angola Telecom | System 1800 km unrepeatered. Cable was due to be commissioned in 2009 but a number of cable faults have delayed completion. CS Chamarel has been carrying out the repairs | ||
| 2010 | GLO 1; Bude, Cornwall, England - Lagos, Nigeria: BU connect Vigo, Spain - Sesimbra, Portugal - Casablanca, Morocco - Nouakchott, Mauretania - Dakar, Senegal - Accra, Ghana - Alpha Beach, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria: | Alcatel-Lucent (Prime Contractor) | Globacom | Ile de Batz - IT Intrepid | System 9800 km. UK - Spain section, Ile de Batz carried out route clearance work on 9 May 2007, and commenced laying 10 May completing it on 26 May. Main cable landed in Nigeria on 5 September 2009. Opened for service 20 October 2010. | Initial capacity 640Gb/s. Total capacity 2.5Tb/s |
| 2010 | ALEXANDROS: Cyprus - Marseille, France | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | Cyta - France Telecom | Brought into service 1 September 2010. Connected to TE NORTH via a branching unit | 96 x 10 Gb/s | |
| 2010 | TE NORTH: Sidi Kerir, Egypt - Marseille, France | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | Telecom Egypt - France Telecom | ? | System 3100 km. Main cable completed 1 April 2010. Brought into service June 2010. | 10 Tb/s + |
| 2010 | I-ME-WE: India - Middle East - Western Europe:- Section 1: Marseilles, France - Catania, Sicily - Alexandria, Egypt - Tripoli, Lebanon | Alcatel-Lucent (Prime Contractor) | Bharti Airtel - VSNL, India - PTCL, Pakistan - Etisalat, UAE - STC, Saudi Arabia - Ogero, Lebanon - TE, Egypt - Telecom Italia Sparkle, Italy - France Telecom, France | ? | System 14000 km by 3 pairs fibre optic cable. Includes entry below. Opened for service 14 December 2010 | Initial 520 Gb/s. Maximum 3.84 Tb/s |
| 2010 | I-ME-WE Section 2: Suez, Egypt - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Fujairah, UAE - Karachi, Pakistan - Mumbai, India. The two sections are linked by landline between Alexandria and Suez. | Alcatel-Lucent (Prime Contractor) | Bharti Airtel - VSNL, India - PTCL, Pakistan - Etisalat, UAE - STC, Saudi Arabia - Ogero, Lebanon - TE, Egypt - Telecom Italia Sparkle, Italy - France Telecom, France | Cable Innovator | Initial 520 Gb/s. Maximum 3.84 Tb/s | |
| 2010 | TELMAR: Tel Aviv, Israel - Marseille, France | ? | MedNautilus - CYTA | ? | ? | |
| 2010 | SPIN (South Pacific Information Network): Segment 1: Noumea, New Caledonia - Papeete, Tahiti, Fr Polynesia. Links via branching units will be provided to Suva, Fiji; Mata Utu, wallis & Futuna Islands; Apia, Samoa; Pago Pago, American Samoa | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | System 8200 km. including entry below | 640 Gb/s | ||
| 2010 | SPIN (South Pacific Information Network): Segment 2: Noumea, New Caledonia - Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | ||||
| 2010 | Anjwa - Whawon Island, South Korea | LS Cables | Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) | Fu Hai | System 2 x 154 Kv 3 core XLPE power cables laid simultaneously. | |
| 2011 | TGN GULF: Kuwait City, Kuwait - Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia - Manama, Bahrain - Sumaisma, Qatar - Dubai, UAE. | Tyco Telecommunications. Respective countries are responsible for cable stations. | Tata Communications | ? | System 2306 km. Linked to TGN EURASIA by a branching unit. | |
| 2011 | East-West: Morant Point, Jamaica - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Tortola, British Virgin Islands - | ? | LIME (C&W) | ? | Due for completion early 2011 | |
| 2011 | Canalink: Cadiz, Spain - Tenerife, Canary Islands | Alcatel-Lucent (main contractor) | Isalink - IT3 | ? | 2000 km | Maximum capacity 5.12 Tb/s |
| 2011 | La Guaria, Venezuela - Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | Ile de Batz | System consists of two cables each of 1552 km. Laying starting 22 January 2011. Due for completion July 2011. | 640 Gb/s | ||
| 2011 | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba - Jamaica | Ile de Batz | System consists of two cables. Due for completion July 2011. | 640 Gb/s | ||
| 2011 | WACS: West Africa Cable System: Yzerfontein, South Africa - Walvis Bay, Namibia -Luanda, Angola - Muanda, DR Congo - Pointe Noire, R Congo - Douala, Cameroun - Lagos, Nigeria - Lom, Togo - Accra, Ghana - Côte d'lvoire - Cabo Verde Islands - Alta Vista, Canary Islands - Sesimbra, Portugal - Whitesand Bay, England | Alcatel-Lucent (main contractor) | Angola Cables - Broadband Infracom - C&W - Congo Telecom - MTN - Office Congolais des Postes et Télécommunications - Portugal Telecom - Cabo Verde Telecom - Tata Communications - NEOTEL - Telecom Namibia - Telkom SA - Togo Telecom - Vodacom | System 16000 km | 5.12 Tb/s | |
| 2011 | ALBA-1: Havana, Cuba - Camuri, Venezuela - Santiago de Cuba, Cuba - Morant Point, Jamaica | ? | Telecom Venezuela - Transbit SA | ? | System ? | 640 Gb/s |
| 2011 | APG: Pusan, Korea - Qingdao, China - Shima, Japan - Chongming, China - Toucheng, Taiwan - Lantau, Hong Kong - La Union, Philippines - Vung Tau, Vietnam - Songkhla, Thailand - Kuantan, Malaysia - Tuas, Singapore | China Telecom - China Unicom - Chungwa Telecom International - Korean Telecom - NTT Communications - PLDT, Philippines - Star Hub, Singapore - Telekom Malaysia - VNPT | System 8000 km. | 4 Tb/s | ||
| 2011 | BDM: Melaka, Malaysia - Dumai, Batam, Indonesia | ? | PT Mora Telematika - PT XL - Axiata - Telekom Malaysia | ? | System 4000 km | 1.28 Tb/s |
| 2011 | CELTIX CONNECT: Holyhead, Anglesey - Dublin, Ireland | ? | Sea Fibre Networks | ? | System 131 km | 960 Gb/s |
| 2011 | GBICS: Mazara, Sicily - Alexandria, Egypt: Zafarana, Egypt - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Mumbai, India: BU to Al Seeb, Oman - Fujairah, UAE - Doha, Qatar - Al Hidd, Bahrain - Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia - Kuwait City, Kuwait - Al Faw, Iraq - Bushehr, Iran - Fujairah | ? | Gulf Bridge International | ? | System 4750 km | 2.5 Tb/s |
| 2011 | FLAG HAWK: Marseilles, France - Yeroskipou, Cyprus - Alexandria, Egypt | ? | Reliance Globalcom | ? | System 3685 km | Initial 100 Gb/s. Maximum 2.5 Tb/s |
| 2011 | COMETA: Morvedre, Valencia, Spain - Santa Ponsa, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca | NEXANS | ? | Giulio Verne - Nexans Skaggerak | System 480 km plus 7 km of landline. Two 400 MW power cables. Giulio Verne commenced laying cable 1 on 13 January 2011 and Nexans Skaggerak commenced laying cable 2 on 27 January 2011 | |
| 2011 | SILPHIUM: Chania, Greece - Darnah, Libya | ? | Libyan PTT | System 420 km | 7 x 10 Gb/s | |
| 2011 | TE NORTH: Sidi Kerir, Egypt - Marseilles, France | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | Telecom Egypt - France Telecom | ? | System 3100 km. | 10 - 20 Tb/s |
| 2012 | ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) Penmarch, France - Lisbon, Portugal - Asilah, Morocco - Tenerife, Canary Islands - Nouakchott, Mauritania - Dakar, Senegal - Banjul, Gambia - Sucujacque, Guinea Bissau - Conakry, Guinea - Freetown, Sierra Leone - Monrovia, Liberia - Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Accra, Ghana - Lome, Togo - Cotonou, Benin - Lagos, Nigeria - Kribi, Cameroun - Bata, Equatorial Guinea - Santana, St Thomas & Prince Islands - Libreville, Gabon - Muanda, DR Congo - Luanda, Angola - Swakopmund, Namibia - Cape Town, South Africa | Alactel-Lucent (Main contractors) TE Subcom (Sub contractors) | Mauritano - Tunisienne des Telecommunications - Camtel - Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicacoes - Benin Telecoms SA - C�te d'lvoire Telecom - France Telecom SA - Gamtel - Maroc Telecom - Orange Bissau - Orange Cameroun - Orange Guinee - Orange Mali - Orange Niger - Orange Spain - Portugal Telecom - Sonatel - Togo Telecom | System 17000 km | Maximum capacity 5.12 Tb/s | |
| 2012 | SJC: South East Asia Japan Cable; Tuas, Singapore - Chikura, Japan: Links to Nasugbo, Phippines and Lantau, Hong Kong are provided via branching units | ? | Global Telecom - Google - KDDI - Reliance Globalcom - Telemedia Pacific Inc Ltd | ? | System 8300 km | Maximum capacity 23 T/bs |
| 2012 | Project Express: Somerset, England - Halifax, Canada | Cable installation by Huawei Marine Networks | Hibernia Atlantic | Due for completion Summer 2012. At Halifax the cable will link with Hibernia's Halifax - New York cable. Additional branching units are being installed in the cable to allow for future connections to other countries | ||
| 2012 | GLOBAL NEXUS: (a) Freeport, Grand Bahama - Boca Raton, USA - Halifax, Nova Scotia | SubCom | Global Nexus Telecommunications Ltd | Laying commenced July 2010 | ||
| 2012 | GLOBAL NEXUS: (b) Freeport, Grand Bahama - Cuba - Fortaleza, Brazil | SubCom | Global Nexus Telecommunications Ltd | |||
| 2012 | LION 2: (Lower Indian Ocean Network); Mombasa, Kenya - Mayotte - then by branching unit linked to LION 1. | France Telecom - Orange - Mauritius Telekom Ltd. - Orange Madagascar - Telkom Kenya Ltd. - | 1.28 Tb/s | |||
| 2012 | SCAN: (Submarine Cable Asia Network) Surabaya, Jakarta, Indonesia - Hong Kong. Branching units will be installed enabling links to Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines to be added at a later date | NEC (Prime contractor) | System 4000 km consisting of six fibre pairs | 5.76 Tb/s total capacity | ||
| 2012 | Darnah, Libya - Chania, Greece | System 420 km. | Initial capacity 7x10 Gb/s. Maximum capacity 1.2 Tb/s | |||
| 2012 | ASE: Kitibaraki, Japan - Ballesteros, Philippines - Taipa, Macau - Tuas, Singapore - Kuantan, Malaysia | ? | NTT Communications - PLDT, Philippines - StarHub, Singapore - Telekom Malaysia | System 7200 km | 15 Tb/s | |
| 2012 | SAEX: Mtunzini - East London - Port Elizabeth South Africa - Fortaleza, Brazil. A link to Luanda, Angola is provided via a branching unit | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | eFive Telecoms | ? | System 12000 km | 40 Gb/s |
| 2012 | CELTIXCONNECT; Dublin, Ireland - Holyhead, Angelsey | Sea Fibre Networks | Cable Innovator | System 131 km | ||
| 2013 | SEAHORSE 1: Miami, USA - Kingston, Jamaica. Ocho Rios, Jamaica - Dominican Republic - Puerto Rico - Miami | Completion of the whole system is scheduled for 2013. A link to Cuba from Jamaica may be added later. | ||||
| 2013 | SEAHORSE 1: Phase 1: Miami, USA - Kingston, Jamaica | Due for completion in 2011 | ||||
| 2013 | PACIFIC FIBRE: Sydney, Australia - Wellington, Takapuna, Whenuapai, New Zealand - Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, USA | Pacific Fibre | System 13000 km 2 fibre pair. A link to Singapore may be added at a later date | 5.12 Tb/s | ||
| 2013 | ARCTIC LINK: Tokyo, Japan - Dutch Harbor, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska - Greenland - London, England | Kodiak-Kenai Cable Company - KhaNNet | System 16000 km. In the planning stage (Feb 2011) | 6.4 Tb/s | ||
| 2013 | HUDSON; Manhattan - Edgewater, New Jersey | Prysmian (Italy) | Powerbridge | Giulio Verne | System 3 miles. 3 x 660 MW power cables and 2 fibre optic cables. | |
| ? | Newfoundland - Nova Scotia | Nexans | ? | IT Intrepid | System 800 km. International Telecom to instal the cable. | |
| ? | CFX 1 | Tyco Telecommunications | ? | ? | System 2400 km. Contract signed May 2007 | |
| ? | MIC 1 | Global Marine | ? | ? | System 70 km. Contract signed July 2007. Global Marine Systems to instal the cable | |
| ? | COMETA | Nexans | ? | ? | System 480 km. Contract signed September 2007 | |
| ? | CAUCASUS ONLINE | Tyco Telecommunications | ? | ? | System 1100 km. Contract signed September 2007 | |
| ? | SALP: Seaton Anderson Lake Project | International Telecom | IT Intrepid | System 44 km.Contract signed October 2007. International Telecom to instal the cable. | ||
| ? | PFOC: Paniola Fibre Optic Cable | International Telecom | ? | IT Intrepid | System 450 km. Contract signed October 2007. International Telecom to instal the cable | |
| ? | ACS: Alaska - Oregon, USA | Tyco Telecommunications | ? | ? | System 3200 km. Contract signed October 2007 | |
| ? | Alaska United | NEC | ? | ? | System 1220 km. Contract signed October 2007 | |
| ? | SEAK: South East Alaska Fibre Optic System: Will connect Angoon , Hawk Inlet, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka and Wrangell to the existing Alaska United West System | ? | GCI Communications Corporation | ? | ||
| ? | MENA: Mediterranean | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | ? | ? | System 3850 km. Contract signed October 2007 | |
| ? | Malabo, Bioko Island - Bata, Equatorial Guinea | Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks | ? | System 280 km. | 80 Gb/s | |
| ? | PPC-2: Australia - New Zealand | ? | Pipe International (Australia) Pty Ltd - Kordia Group Ltd | ? | Cable from NZ will join PPC-1 off Sydney, Australia via an already laid branching unit. | 2 fibre pair, maximum capacity 1.92 Tb/s |
| ? | CFX 1 | Tyco Telecommunications | System 2400 km. | |||
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Last revised: 3 January, 2012 |
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