Submarine Cable Almanac

266 Pages·2013·41.2 MB·English

s u b m a r i n e c a b l e
A L M A N AC
ISSUE 6 MAY 2013
Submarine Cable Almanac
Issue 6
May 2013
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Introduction
Welcome to the sixth edition of the Submarine Cable Almanac, one of our most popular reference
tools. In the months since Issue 5 was released, 27 Entries were updated with new information,
2 systems were removed and 3 systems were added.
In the following pages you will find a detailed list of major international submarine cable systems--more
than 309 systems in all. This document serves as complement to our annual Cable Map and Submarine
Cable Indsutry Report.
We hope that you, our readers, will participate in this almanac as you’ve done with our previous products.
There is always room for additional data, so let us know if there is something else we should include in
future editions. Please let us know by completing our Submarine Almanac Update Form, available by
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Finally, I want to thank all of the sponsors, staff and dedicated readers that contributed to this Almanac.
Your feedback has been invaluable.
Kevin G. Summers
May, 2013
Table of Contents
AAG 9 APX-West 39 Brazil-US 68
AC-1 10 Arcos-1 40 BRCS 69
AC-2 11 Arctic Fibre 41 BRICS Cable 70
ACE 12 Ariane 2 42 BSCS 71
ACSea 13 ASC 43 BSFOCS 72
Adones 14 ASH 45 C-BUS 73
ADRIA-1 15 Asia Submarine-cable 46 C-J FOSC 74
Express
AJC 16 Cadmos 75
Athena 47
Akorn 17 Canalink 76
Atlantis-2 48
Alasia 18 CANUS-1 77
Atlas Offshore 49
Alaska United East 19 Caucasus Cable 78
Australia-Singapore 50 System
Alaska United West 20
Submarine Cable
Celtix Connect 80
ALBA-1 21
Bahamas-2 51
CFX-1 81
Aletar 22
Baltica 52
China-US 82
Alexandros 23
Barsav 53
CIOS 83
Alonso De Ojeda 24
Bass Strait 1 54
Circe North 84
Alpal-2 25
Bass Strait 2 55
Circe South 85
America Movil-1 26
BBG (Bay of Bengal 56
CJFS 86
American Samoa-Fiji 27 Gateway)
Columbus II 87
Americas I 28 BCS East 57
Columbus III 88
Americas II 29 BCS East-West 58
Interlink Concerto-1 89
Antel 30
BCS North 59 Corfu-Bar 90
Antilles Crossing 31
BDM 60 Corsar 91
APCN 32
Berytar 61 Danica North 92
APCN 2 33
Bharat-Lanka 62 Danica South 93
APG 34
BICS 63 Danice 94
Aphrodite 2 35
BIN 64 Denmark-Germany 2 95
APNG-2 36
BIOS / Jonah 65 Denmark-Norway 5 96
Apollo 37
BLAST 66 Denmark-Norway 6 97
APX-East 38
Botnia 67
Denmark-Poland 2 98 GCN (Global Caribbean 127 Japan-US 156
Network)
Denmark-Russia 99 Jasaurus 157
Georgia-Russia 128
DMCS 100 Jasuka 158
GLO-1 129
EAC-C2C 101 JIH 159
Global Nexus 130
EaSSy 102 Jonah 160
Globenet 131
East-West 103 KAFOS 161
GO-1 132
ECFS 104 Kattegat-1 162
GOKI 133
EE-S1 105 Keltra-2 163
Gondwana-1 134
EIG 106 Khulna-Chennai 164
Greenland Connect 135
Emerald Express 107 KJCN 165
GWEN 136
EMOS-1 108 Kodiak Kenai 166
Hannibal 137
Endeavour 109 Kuwait-Iran 167
Hantru-1 138
Estepona-Tetouan 110 Kwajalein-Guam 168
Hawaiki 139
EurAfrica 111 LEV 169
Hawk 140
Europa 112 LION 170
Hibernia Atlantic 141
FA-1 North/South 113 LION-2 171
Honotua 142
Falcon 114 M-T 172
HSCS 143
Farice-1 115 MAC 173
Hugo 144
Farland 117 Main One 174
I-ME-WE 145
FastnetConnect 118 Mataram-Kupang 175
i2i 146
Fehmarn Balt 119 Matrix 176
India-UAE 147
FibraLink 120 Maya-1 177
148
FLAG Europe-Asia 121 Italy-Albania Med Cable 178
Flag/Reach North 122 149 MedNautilus 179
Italy-Greece
Asia Loop
MELITA-1 180
150
FOG 123 Italy-Libya
MENA 181
French Polynesia 124 151
Italy-Monaco
MIC-1 182
Cable System
ITUR 153
Micronesia Cable 183
G-P 125
System
JaKa2DeLeMa 154
GBI 126
Minerva 184
JAKABARE 155
Neptune Canada 185
Norsea Com-1 186 SFL 216 Tierra del Fuego 245
Northstar 187 SFS-4 217 TIS 246
PAC 188 SG-SCS 218 TISICS 247
PanAm 189 Shefa 2 219 Tonga-Fiji 248
Pangea 190 Silphium 220 TPC-5 249
PC-1 192 SJC 221 TPE 250
PCCS (Pacific 193 SKKL-JS 222 Trinidad-Curacao 251
Caribbean Cable
SMPR-1 223 TWA-1 252
System)
Solas 224 Ugarit 253
PEC 194
Solomon Island to the 225 Unisur 254
PPC-1 195
World
Unity 255
Qatar-UAE 196
Southern Cross Cable 226
Vanuatu 256
RJCN 197 Network
Ventspils-Gotland 257
RJK 198 Sub 227
VMSCS 258
SAC 199 Svalbard 228
WACS 259
SACS (South Atlantic 200 T-V-H 229
Cable System) WARF 260
Taino Carib 230
SAEx (South Atlantic 201 WASACE 261
Tangerine 231
Express)
Tasman-2 233 Sponsors:
SAFE 202
TAT 14 234 Alcatel-Lucent 116
SAM-1 203
TE North 235 AP Telecom 152
SAS-1 204
TEAMS 236 Ciena 8
SAT-2 205
TGN Atlantic 237 Great Eastern Group 191
SAT-3 206
TGN Eurasia 238 TE SubCom 208
SCF-CN 207
TGN Gulf 239 Telecom Egypt 232
SEA-ME-WE 3 209
TGN Intra-Asia (IA) 240 Terabit Consulting 44
SEA-ME-WE 4 210
TGN Northern 241 WFN Strategies 262
SEA-ME-WE 5 211
Europe
Xtera 79
Seabras-1 212
TGN Pacific 242
Seacom 213
TGN Western Europe 243
SEAK 214
TGN-TIC 244
Italicized = updated system
Serantau 215
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System Name: AAG
Landing Points: Changi (Singapore), Keawaula (Hawaii), Lantau (Hong Kong), La Union (Philippines), Mersing
(Malaysia), San Luis Obispo (USA), Sri Racha (Thailand), Tanguisson (Guam), Tungku (Brunei), Vung Tau
(Vietnam)
RFS Year: 2010
Est. End of Service Date: 2035
Est. System Cost (US$): $500,000,000
Total Length (kms): 20,000
Initial Capacity: 2.88 Tb/s
Fiber Information: US Mainland-Hawaii 3 (including a pair to interconnect with Telstra Endeavour), Hawaii-Hong Kong 2,
Hong Kong-South East Asia 3
Owners: AT&T, BayanTel (Philippines), Bharti Airtel, British Telecom, CAT Telecom (Thailand), ETPI (Philippines),
PLDT (Philippines)
System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, NEC
System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks
Cableship: Rene Descartes
Upgrader Mitsubishi
AC-1
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System Name: AC-1
Landing Points: Beverwijk (Netherlands), Brookhaven (USA), Westerland (Germany), Whitesands Bay (UK)
RFS Year: 1999
Est. End of Service Date: 2024
Est. System Cost (US$): $875,000,000
Total Length (kms): 14,000
Initial Capacity: 40 Gb/s
Design Capacity: 1 Tb/s
Fiber Information: 4 Fiber Pairs
Owners: Level 3 Communications
System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI
Upgrader Xtera