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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.
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)
* ACE - (Africa Coast to Europe) (France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands (Spain), Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa)(planned for 2011)
* 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) (Algeria-Spain)
* ALETAR - (Alexandria-Tarsous) (Egypt-Syria)
* 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)
* Atlas Offshore - (Morocco-France)
B
* BAHAMAS 2 - (USA-Bahamas)
* BALTICA - (Poland, Denmark, Sweden)
* BARGEN - (Cabrera de Mar, Barcelona-Genova) (Spain-Italy)
* BARSAV - (Barcelona-Savona) (Spain-Italy)
* BCS - (Sweden-Lithuania)
* BERYTAR - (Beirut-Tarsous) (Syria-Lebanon)
* Bharat Lanka Cable System - (India-Sri Lanka)
* BICS - (Bahamas Internet Cable System)
* BMP - (Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines)
* Botnia - (Sweden-Finland)
* BRCS - (Batam Rengit Cable System) (Indonesia - Malaysia)
* BS - (Brunei-Singapore)
* BSDNi - (Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network international)
* BSFOCS - (Black Sea Fibre Optic Cable System) (Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia)
* BT-MT1 - (British Telecom - Manx Telecom) (UK-Isle of Man)
* BT-TE1 - (British Telecom - Telecom Éireann) (UK-Ireland)
* BUS-1 - (Bermuda-US)
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)
* CFX - (USA-Colombia)
* Challenger - (USA-Bermuda)
* CIOS - (Cyprus-Israel Optical System) (Cyprus-Israel)
* CIRCE NORTH - (UK-the Netherlands)
* CIRCE SOUTH - (UK-France)
* CKC - (China-Korea Cable) (PRC-South Korea)
* CNSFTC - (Central North Sea Fibre Telecommunications Company) - (UK-North Sea oil platforms)
* Colombia-Jamaica-Florida
* COLUMBUS II - (USA-Mexico-Italy)
* COLUMBUS III - (USA-Azores-Portugal-Italy)
* Concerto 1 - (Triangular UK-Belgium-the Netherlands)
* Corfù–Bar - (Greece-Montenegro)
* CORSAR - (Corsica-Sardinia) (France-Italy)
* Cuba-Venezuela - Cuba-Venezuela
* CUCN - (China-US Cable Network) (Korea-US-China-Japan-Guam)
D
* Danica North (Denmark-Sweden)
* Danica South (Denmark-Sweden)
* DANICE - (Denmark-Iceland)
* Denmark-Germany 1
* Denmark-Norway 5
* Denmark-Norway 6
* Denmark-Poland 2
* Denmark-Russia 1
* Denmark-Sweden 15
* Denmark-Sweden 16
* Denmark-Sweden 18
* DMCS - (Dumai-Melaka Cable System) (Indonesia-Malaysia)
E
* EAC - (East Asia Crossing) (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines)
* Eagle - (Japan-USA)
* 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)
* EIG - (Europe India Gateway) (UK, Portugal, Morocco, Gibraltar, France, Monaco, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Oman, UAE, India)
* 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)
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)
* FLAG FP-1 - (FLAG Pacific) (Japan, Canada, USA)
* FOG - (Fiber Optic Gulf) (UAE-Qatar-Bahrain-Kuwait)
* FOG2 - (Fiber Optic Gulf 2) (UAE-Iraq-Saudi Arabia)
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 - (Globacom-1) (Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, UK) (planned)
* GO-1 - (Italy-Malta)
* Gondwana-1 - (New Caledonia, Australia)
* Gotland-Ventspils - (Sweden-Latvia)
* GPT - (Guam-Philippines-Taiwan)
* Greenland Connect - (Canada-Greenland-Iceland)
* GWEN - (Greece to Western Europe Network) (Italy - Greece)
H
* HANNIBAL - (Tunisia-Italy)
* Hawk - (France-Tunisia-Libya-Italy-Turkey-Cyprus-Syria-Egypt)
* HERMES-1 - (UK-Belgium)
* HERMES-2 - (UK-Netherlands)
* Hibernia Atlantic - (UK, Ireland, Canada, USA)
* HJK - (Hong Kong-Japan-Korea)
* Honotua - (Tahiti-Hawaii)[1][2]
* HONTAI-2 - (Hong Kong-Taiwan)
* HSCS - (Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System) (Russia - Japan)[3]
* HUGO - (High capacity, Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre) (UK, Guernsey, France)
* HUGO East - (High capacity, Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre) (France, Jersey, Guernsey)
I
* I-ME-WE - (India-Middle East-Western Europe) (India, Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Lebanon, Italy, France) (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)
J
* Japan-US
* JAKABARE - (Java - Kalimantan - Batam - Singapore) (Indonesia-Singapore)
* JASURAUS - (Jakarta - Surabaya - Australia) (Indonesia-Australia)
* Jersey-Guernsey 4
* JKC - (Japan-Korea)
* JNAC - (USA, Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan) (planned, but not built)
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
L
* LANIS-1 - (Isle of Man-UK)
* LANIS-2 - (Northern Ireland (UK) -Isle of Man)
* LANIS-3 - (Northern Ireland-Scotland)
* LEV - (Italy, Cyprus, Israel)
* Liberty - (UK, Guernsey, Jersey, France)
* LION - (Lower Indian Ocean Network) (Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius) [4]
* LV-SE 1 - (Latvia-Sweden)
M
* MAC - (Mid-Atlantic Crossing) (USA, St. Croix)
* Main One - (Portugal, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa) (planned)
* SLT-Dhiraagu Cable System Maldives-Sri Lanka
* Malaysia-Thailand
* Marseille-Palermo - (France-Italy)
* MAT-2 - (Italy-Spain)
* MAYA-1 - (USA, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia)
* MCN - (Mid-Caribbean Network) (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique)
* MCS - (Matrix Cable System) (Indonesia-Singapore)
* MedNautilus - (Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Cyprus)
* MED Cable - (France-Algeria)
* MENA - (Middle East North Africa) (Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman)
* MINERVA - (Cyprus-Italy)
* MOYLE NORTH - (Northern Ireland-Scotland)
* MOYLE SOUTH - (Northern Ireland-Scotland)
* MIC-1 - (Moratel International Cable 1) (Batam, Singapore)
N
* NACS - (North Asia Cable System) (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan)
* NAFSIKA - (Italy-Greece)
* NorSea Com 1 - (Norway-UK)
* NPC - (North Pacific Cable) - (USA, Japan)
O
* ODIN - (the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway)
* Okinawa-Luzon-Hong Kong - (Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan and North America)
* Otranto-Corfù - (Italy-Greece)
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)
* PPC-1 - (Pipe Pacific Cable)(Australia, Papua New Guinea, Guam)
* PTAT-1 - (Private Trans-Atlantic Telecommunications System) (USA-UK)
Q
* Qatar-UAE 1
* Qatar-UAE 2
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)
S
* SAC - (South American Crossing)
* SAS-1 - (Saudi Arabia-Sudan)
* SAT-2 - (South Atlantic) (South Africa, Spain, Portugal)
* SAT-3/WASC - (South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable) (Portugal, Spain, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, South Africa)
* SAFE - (South Africa-Far East)
* SAm-1 - (South America-1)
* SCAN - (Submarine Cable Asia Network) (Indonesia, Hong Kong) - planned
* 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 I - (Singapore-Jesselton(Kota Kinabalu)-Hong Kong)
* SEACOM II - (Hong Kong-Guam-Madang-Cairns)
* SEACOM - (South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, India and Europe)
* SFL - (Sweden-Finland Link)
* SFS-4 - (Sweden-Finland)
* SHEFA-2 - (Shetland-Faroes) (UK-Faroes)
* 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)
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)
* TE North - (Telecom Egypt North) (France-Egypt)
* TEAMS - (The East African Marine System) (UAE-Kenya)
* Telstra Endeavour - (Sydney-Hawaii)
* TIC or TIISCS - (Tata Indicom Cable) or (Tata Indicom India-Singapore Cable System) (India-Singapore)
* TIS - (Thailand-Indonesia-Singapore)
* TPC-1/TRANSPAC-1 - (Trans Pacific Cable) - (Vietnam, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Guam, Hawaii)
* TPC-2/TRANSPAC-2 - (Trans Pacific Cable) - (Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Guam)
* TPC-3/TRANSPAC-3 - (Trans Pacific Cable)
* TPC-4 - (Trans Pacific Cable)
* TPC-5CN - (Trans Pacific Cable) - (Japan, Guam, Hawaii, USA)
* 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 via Changson-Tsushima-Seburiyama
* Trinidad-Curacao
* TWA-1 (Transworld Associates) (UAE-Oman-Pakistan)
U
* UGARIT - (Cyprus-Syria)
* UK-Belgium 5
* UK-Belgium 6
* UK-Channel Isles 7
* UK-Channel Isles 8
* UK-Denmark 4
* UK-France 3
* UK-France 4
* UK-Germany 5
* UK-Germany 6
* UK-Ireland Crossing 1
* UK-Ireland Crossing 2
* UK-Netherlands 12
* UK-Netherlands 14
* UK-Spain 4
* ULYSSES-1 - (UK-France)
* ULYSSES-2 - (UK-the Netherlands)
* UNISUR - (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil)
* UNITY - (Japan-USA) (under construction)
V
* Ventspils-Farosund(Gotland)-Stockholm
* VSNL Northern Europe - (UK-Netherlands)
* VSNL Western Europe - (UK, Portugal, Spain)
* VSNL SG HK JP Guam - (Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Guam)
* VSNL Transatlantic - (UK-USA)
* VSNL Transpacific - (Japan, Guam, USA)
* VMSCS - (Vodafone Malta-Sicily Cable System) (Italy-Malta)
W
* WACS - (West Africa Cable System) (South Africa, Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Portugal, United Kingdom)(planned for 2011)
* WAFS - (West Africa Festoon System)
* WASC - (West Africa Submarine Cable)
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Y
* Yellow - (USA-UK)
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