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Submarine Cable ALMANAC ISSUE 2 SECOND QUARTER 2012 Submarine Cable ALMANAC ISSUE 2 SECOND QUARTER 2012 Submarine Cable Almanac Issue 2 Second Quarter 2012 submarine cable ALMANAC ISSUE 2 SECOND QUARTER 2012 submarine cable ALMANAC ISSUE 2 SECOND QUARTER 2012 Submarine Cable Almanac Issue 2 Second Quarter 2012 Copyright © 2012 by Submarine Telecoms Forum, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, eletronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Submarine Telecoms Forum, Inc. 21495 Ridgetop Circle Suite 201 Sterling, Virginia 20166 USA www.subtelforum.com ISBN: 978-0-615-46614-9 While all reasonable steps to verify information from the public domain have been taken, based on changing circumstances and dynamic factors, incomplete information subject to change may exist. Our goal is to periodically update and modify such information. If you have a correction, please let us know by completing our Submarine Almanac Update Form, available by clicking here, or by emailing almanac@ subtelforum.com. Introduction elcome to the second edition of the Submarine Cable Almanac, one of our most popular reference tools. This edition has been vastly improved upon over the last year; not only is our data updated Wand more accurate, we have decided to release this as a quarterly digital document, rather than an annual hard copy. Our aim is to make this information as timely and available as possible. We feel that an informed industry is a productive industry. In the following pages you will find a detailed list of major international submarine cable systems--more than 250 systems in all. This document serves as complement to our annual Cable Map, produced every January, giving detail to the lines on the map. Offering a Cable Map and detailed information about the cables of the world is only a part of our new annual product line. At the end of this Summer, we will release our brand new Submarine Cable Industry Report. Just as this Almanac gives detail to the lines on the Map, the Report will give hard analysis and outlook on the submarine markets. In addition, we have enhanced the Almanac with a number of additional system fields including System Supplier, System Installer, Marine Surveyor, and Cable Ship. Since our last edition was produced, we have added some 30 systems to our database; 13 of which are either planned to be, or are already, lit and ready for service since 2011. The most active region by way of number of new systems that we see is the Mediterranean, followed by the Atlantic and then Pacific. We hope that you, our readers, will participate in this almanac as you’ve done with our previous products. We added several additional fields for this edition, but there is always room for additional data. Do you have any suggestions for improvement? Did you catch an error? Please let us know by completing our Submarine Almanac Update Form, available by clicking here, or by emailing [email protected]. 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, 2012 Table of Contents AAG 10 Atlantis-2 45 AC-1 11 Atlas Offshore 46 AC-2 12 Bahamas-2 48 ACE 13 Baltica 49 Adones 15 Barsav 50 ADRIA-1 16 Bass Strait 1 51 AJC 17 Bass Strait 2 52 Akorn 18 BCS East 53 Alaska United East 19 BCS East-West Interlink 54 Alaska United West 20 BCS North 55 ALBA-1 21 BDM 56 Aletar 22 Berytar 57 Alexandros 23 Bharat-Lanka 58 Alonso De Ojeda 24 BICS 59 Alpal-2 25 BIN 60 Americas I 26 Blast 61 Americas I South 27 Botnia 62 Americas II 28 BP-GOM 63 Antel 29 BRCS 64 Antilles Crossing 30 BSCS 65 APCN 31 BSFOCS 66 APCN2 32 Cadmos 67 APG 33 Canalink 68 Aphrodite 2 34 CanTaT-3 69 APNG-2 35 CANUS-1 70 Apollo 36 Caucasus Cable System 71 Arcos-1 37 Cayman-Jamaica 72 Arctic Fibre 38 C-BUS 73 Arctic Link 39 Celtix Connect 74 Ariane 2 40 CFX-1 75 ASC 41 Challenger 76 ASE 42 China-US 77 ASH 43 CIOS 78 Athena 44 Circe North 79 Circe South 80 FNAL (TIGER) 117 C-J FOSC 81 FOG 118 Columbus II 82 GBICS 120 Columbus III 83 GCN 121 Concerto-1 85 Gemini 122 Corfu-Bar 86 Georgia-Russia 123 Corsar 87 GLO-1 124 Danica North 88 Global Nexus 125 Danica South 89 Globenet 126 Danice 90 GO-1 127 Denmark-Germany 2 91 GOKI 128 Denmark-Norway 5 92 Gondwana-1 129 Denmark-Norway 6 93 G-P 130 Denmark-Poland 2 94 Greenland Connect 131 Denmark-Russia 95 GWEN 132 DMCS 96 Hannibal 133 DSCN 97 Hantru-1 134 EAC-C2C 98 Hawk 135 Eassy 99 Hibernia Atlantic 136 East-West 100 Honotua 137 ECFS 101 HSCS 138 EE-S1 102 Hugo 139 EIG 103 I2I 140 Emerald Express 104 I-ME-WE 141 EMOS-1 105 India-UAE 142 Endeavour 106 Italy-Albania 143 Estepona-Tetouan 107 Italy-Greece 144 EurAfrica 108 Italy-Libya 145 Europa 109 Italy-Monaco 146 FA-1 110 ITUR 147 Falcon 111 JaKa2DeLeMa 148 Farice-1 112 JAKABARE 149 Farland 113 Japan-US 150 FEA 114 Jasuka 151 Fehmarn Balt 115 Jasaurus 152 FibraLink 116 JIH 153 Jonah 154 RJK 191 KAFOS 155 SAC 192 Kattegat-1 156 SAEx 193 Keltra-2 157 SAFE 194 Khulna-Chennai 158 SAM-1 195 KJCN 159 SAS-1 196 Kodiak Kenai 160 SAT-2 197 Kuwait-Iran 161 SAT-3 198 LEV 162 SCAN 199 LION 163 SCF-CN 200 LION-2 164 Seacom 201 MAC 165 SEAK 202 Main One 166 SEA-ME-WE-3 203 Mataram-Kupang 167 SEA-ME-WE-4 204 Matrix 168 SFL 205 Maya-1 169 SFS-4 206 Med Cable 170 SG-SCS 207 MedNautilus 171 Shefa 2 208 MELITA-1 172 Silphium 209 Mena 173 SJC 210 MIC-1 174 SKKL-JS 211 Minerva 175 SMPR-1 212 M-T 176 Solas 213 Neptune Canada 177 Southern Cross Cable Network 214 Norsea Com-1 178 Sub 215 Northstar 179 Svalbard 216 PAC 180 Taino Carib 217 Pacific Fibre 181 Tampnet 218 PanAm 182 Tangerine 219 Pangea 183 Tasman-2 220 PC-1 184 TAT-14 221 PEC 185 TEAMS 222 PPC-1 186 TE North 224 Project Express 187 TGN Atlantic 225 Qatar-UAE 189 TGN Eurasia/Seacom 226 RJCN 190 TGN Gulf 227 TGN Intra-Asia (IA) 228 Sponsorship Index TGN Northern Europe 229 Alcatel-Lucent 14 TGN Pacific 230 AP Telecom 47 TGN-TIC 231 Great Eastern Group 84 TGN Western Europe 232 Telecom Egypt 223 TIS 233 TE SubCom 119 TPC-5 234 WFN Strategies 188 TPE 235 Trinidad-Curaçao 236 T-V-H 237 TWA-1 238 Ugarit 239 UK-Germany 6 240 Unisur 241 Unity 242 Vanuatu 243 Ventspils-Gotland 244 VMSCS 245 WACS 246 WARF 247 WASACE 248 AAG 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: 2009 Est. End of Service Date: 2034 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 Est. System Cost (US$): 500,000,000 Owners: AT&T, BayanTel (Philippines), Bharti Airtel, British Telecom, CAT Telecom (Thailand), ETPI (Philippines), PLDT (Philippines) System Supplier: Alcatel Submarine Networks, NEC System Installer: Alcatel Submarine Networks Cableship: Rene Descartes 10 AC-1 System Name: AC-1 Landing Points: Beverwijk (Netherlands), Brookhaven (USA), Westerland (Germany), Whitesands Bay (UK) RFS Year: 1998 Est. End of Service Date: 2023 Total Length (kms): 14,000 Initial Capacity: 40 Gb/s Design Capacity: 1 Tb/s Fiber Information: 4 Fiber Pairs Est. System Cost (US$): 875,000,000 Owners: Global Crossing System Supplier: Tyco Telecommunications SSI System Installer: Tyco Telecommunications SSI 11 AC-2 System Name: AC-2 Landing Points: Bellport (USA), Widemouth (UK) RFS Year: 2000 Est. End of Service Date: 2025 Total Length (kms): 6,400 Initial Capacity: 320 Gb/s Design Capacity: 640 Gb/s Est. System Cost (US$): 700,000,000 Owners: Global Crossing, Level 3 Communications 12 ACE System Name: ACE Landing Points: Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Accra (Ghana), Asilah (Morocco), Banjul (The Gambia), Bata (Equatorial Guinea), Cape Town (South Africa), Conakry (Guinea), Cotonou (Benin), Dakar (Senegal), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Kribi (Cameroon), Lagos (Nigeria), Libreville (Gabon), Lisbon (Portugal), Lome (Togo), Luanda (Angola), Monrovia (Liberia), Muanda (DRC), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Penmarch (France), Santana (São Tomé and Príncipe), Sucujaque (Guinea-Bissau), Swakopmund (Namibia), Tenerife (Spain) RFS Year: 2012 Est. End of Service Date: 2037 Total Length (kms): 17,000 Design Capacity: 5.12 Tb/s Est. System Cost (US$): 700,000,000 Owners: Baharicom, Benin Telecoms SA, Camtel, Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicacoes, Cote dIvoire Telecom, Etisalat (UAE) /Canartel Sudan Consortium, France Telecom, Gamtel, Getesa, Globalink, Maroc Telecom of Morocco, Mauritano-Tunisienne des Telecommunications, Mauritius Telecom, Office Congolais de Poste et Telecommunication, Orange Bissau, Orange Cameroun, Orange Guinee, Orange Mali, Orange Niger, Orange Spain, PT Comunicações, Sierratel, Sonatel, Togo Telecom System Supplier: Alactel-Lucent Submarine Networks (Main contractors) TE Subcom (Sub contractors) Marine Surveyor: Fugro 13 Realizing the potential of a connected world 14 ADONES System Name: Adones Landing Points: Benguela (Angola), Cabinda (Angola), Luanda (Angola), Lucira (Angola), Namibe (Angola), Nzeto (Angola), Porto Amboim (Angola), Soyo (Angola) RFS Year: 2009 Est.
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