This is a list of international
submarine communications cables. It does not include
domestic cable systems, such as those on the coastlines of
Japan,
Italy, and
Brazil. All the cable systems listed below have
landing points in two or more countries. Several older cables, although no longer used for international telecommunications, are used for scientific purposes. Others are simply abandoned.
AAE-1 – Asia Africa Europe Gateway; France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Yemen, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong (in planning stage)
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
ACC-1 – Asia Connect Cable System; Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, East Timor, Guam, USA
ACE – Africa Coast to Europe; France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands (Spain), Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa
FLAG FALCON – (FLAG Alcatel-Lucent Optical Network) – (Bahrain, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, UAE, Yemen)
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)
Gulf Bridge International – (Linking the GCC countries (Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE) to each other and onwards to Europe, Africa and Asia) – (planned for 2012)
GWEN – (Greece to Western Europe Network) (Italy – Greece)
Havfrue – (New Jersey, US – Blaabjerg, Denmark – branches to Ireland and Norway). Sold under the brand name America Europe Connect-2 = AEC-2. (Live in Q4 2020)[4][5]
Hawaiki – (New Zealand, Australia, American Samoa, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Oregon)
PEACE Cable – Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe; (Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Kenya, Maldives, Malta, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Tunisia)
PAC – (Pan-American Crossing) (California, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, and the Caribbean)[10]
Southern Caribbean Fiber – (St Kitts, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Antigua)
Southern Cross – (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, United States)
SPIN (or South Pacific Islands Network) was a proposed
submarine communications cable system that would run between New Zealand and Tahiti, connecting a number of South Pacific island countries. It would have been 6,500 km (4,039 mi) long and have a 64x10 Gbit/s capacity. It was planned to be in service late 2010. The project did not go ahead due to lack of funding.[12] The SPIN personnel went on to develop the
Hawaiki Cable[13][14] (see
List of international submarine communications cables), which started commercial operation in 2018.[15]
TPC-5CN – (Trans Pacific Cable) – (Japan, Guam, Hawaii, USA)
TPE – (Trans-Pacific Express) (China, Korea, Taiwan, USA)
TPE2 – (Trans-Pacific Express) (China, Korea, Taiwan, USA, Japan)
TPICK (Telecommunication Plan for Improvement of Communications in Korea) – runs the length of Korea to mainland Japan via Changson-Tsushima-Seburiyama
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)
This is a list of international
submarine communications cables. It does not include
domestic cable systems, such as those on the coastlines of
Japan,
Italy, and
Brazil. All the cable systems listed below have
landing points in two or more countries. Several older cables, although no longer used for international telecommunications, are used for scientific purposes. Others are simply abandoned.
AAE-1 – Asia Africa Europe Gateway; France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Yemen, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong (in planning stage)
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
ACC-1 – Asia Connect Cable System; Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, East Timor, Guam, USA
ACE – Africa Coast to Europe; France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands (Spain), Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa
FLAG FALCON – (FLAG Alcatel-Lucent Optical Network) – (Bahrain, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, UAE, Yemen)
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)
Gulf Bridge International – (Linking the GCC countries (Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE) to each other and onwards to Europe, Africa and Asia) – (planned for 2012)
GWEN – (Greece to Western Europe Network) (Italy – Greece)
Havfrue – (New Jersey, US – Blaabjerg, Denmark – branches to Ireland and Norway). Sold under the brand name America Europe Connect-2 = AEC-2. (Live in Q4 2020)[4][5]
Hawaiki – (New Zealand, Australia, American Samoa, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Oregon)
PEACE Cable – Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe; (Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Kenya, Maldives, Malta, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Tunisia)
PAC – (Pan-American Crossing) (California, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, and the Caribbean)[10]
Southern Caribbean Fiber – (St Kitts, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Antigua)
Southern Cross – (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, United States)
SPIN (or South Pacific Islands Network) was a proposed
submarine communications cable system that would run between New Zealand and Tahiti, connecting a number of South Pacific island countries. It would have been 6,500 km (4,039 mi) long and have a 64x10 Gbit/s capacity. It was planned to be in service late 2010. The project did not go ahead due to lack of funding.[12] The SPIN personnel went on to develop the
Hawaiki Cable[13][14] (see
List of international submarine communications cables), which started commercial operation in 2018.[15]
TPC-5CN – (Trans Pacific Cable) – (Japan, Guam, Hawaii, USA)
TPE – (Trans-Pacific Express) (China, Korea, Taiwan, USA)
TPE2 – (Trans-Pacific Express) (China, Korea, Taiwan, USA, Japan)
TPICK (Telecommunication Plan for Improvement of Communications in Korea) – runs the length of Korea to mainland Japan via Changson-Tsushima-Seburiyama
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)