TE SubComs Undersea Fiber Optic Cable System Project Experience

Fiber Optic Undersea Cable Systems supplied by TE SubCom, in whole or in part, since 1986.
RFS

System

Terminal Station Locations

Owners

Length
(KM)

Total/
Partial

2017

New Cross
Pacific

Hillsboro, Oregon (U.S.A.), Chongming

(China mainland), Nanhui (China
mainland), Lingang (China mainland),
Busan (South Korea), Toucheng
(Taiwan), and Maruyama (Japan)

NCP consortium, comprised of China Mobile,

China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa
Telecom, KT Corporation, Microsoft, and
SoftBank Mobile Corp

13,000

2016

Monet Cable
System

Santos and Fortaleza in Brazil with Boca

Raton, Florida

Algar Telecom (Brazil), Angola Cables (Angola),

Antel (Uruguay) and Google

10,556

2016

Asia-AfricaEurope-1

AAE-1 Consortium

25,000

2015

AEConnect

Hong Kong SAR, (China), Vietnam,

Cambodia, Kuala Kurau (Malaysia),
Satun (Thailand), Mumbai (India),
Karachi (Pakistan), Al Bustan (Oman),
Fujairah (UAE), Doha (Qatar), Aden
(Yemen), Djibouti, Jeddah (Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia), Zafarana and Abu Talat
(Egypt), Chania (Greece), Marseille
(France), plus other landings under
development.
Shirley, NY(USA) and Killala (Ireland)

Aqua Comms Limited

5,400

2015

Hibernia
Express

Halifax, Nova Scotia and Brean, UK

Hibernia Networks

4,600

2015

Chevron BGF

Big Foot

Chevron

55

2014

Poseidon

Pentaskhinos & Yerskipopse (Cyprus)

Ocean Specialists Inc.

622

2014

Jack St. Malo

Jack & St. Malo

Chevron

130

2013

Shell

Mars, Olympus, Auger

Shell

131

2013

GlobeNet
Segment 5

Tuckerton, New Jersey (USA) to St.

Davids, Bermuda

BRASIL TELECOM OF AMERICA, INC

1,306

2013

South-East
Asia Cable
System

The SJC Cable System is a trunk and

branch architecture between Tuas
(Singapore) to Chikura (Japan) with
base landings to Chung Hom Kok (Hong
Kong), Shantou (China), and Nasugbu
(Philippines) as well as one optional
landing in Songkhla (Thailand)

9,841

2011

Gulf Bridge
International
Cable System

GBICS connects cable stations in and

among Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab
Emirates.

Brunei International Gateway, China Mobile

International Ltd, China Telecommunications
Corporation, Donghwa Telecom Co., Ltd, Globe
Telecom, Inc., Google SJC Bermuda Ltd., KDDI
Corporation, Network I2I Limited, PT
Telekomunikasi Indonesia International,
Singapore Telecommunications Limited,
Telemedia Pacific Inc., & TOT Public Company
Limited
Gulf Bridge International

4,719

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System

Terminal Station Locations

Owners

Length
(KM)

Total/
Partial

2011

TATA
Communicatio
ns Gulf Cable
System

Tata Communications (Bermuda) Ltd.

2,306

2011

UWash/RSN

Oman with India via an existing stubbed

branching unit on the SEACom Cable
System, and Section 3UT, which includes
Cable Stations in the United Arab Emirates
(UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia.
Ocean observing system installed off the
coast of Washington and Oregon on the
Juan de Fuca Plate.

L-3 Communications MariPro, Inc.

802

2010

EIG

Segment S4 connects landing points in

Egypt South, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia),
Djibouti, Barka (Oman) and Mumbai
(India).

6,737

2010

UNITY

Landing points in Japan and the United

States.

AT&T Corp.; Cable & Wireless UK

Communications; Global Network Services Ltd.;
Communications Networking Services (UK);
Djibouti Telecom S.A.; Republic of Djibouti;
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications
Company; Gibtelecom Limited; Mauritius
Telecom Ltd; MCI International, Inc. MTN
International (Mauritius) Limited; Oman
Telecommunications Company SAOG; PT
Comunicaes, S.A.; Saudi Telecom Company;
Terrasse Boieildieu La Defense VERIZON
FRANCE Telecom Egypt; Telkom SA Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited
Global Transit Ltd
Google Cable Bermuda Ltd
KDDI Corporation Pacnet Limited Singapore
Telecommunications Limited

9,486

2010

The Kwajalein
Cable System

KCS connects cable stations on the

islands of Guam and Kwajalein

Hannon Armstrong KCS Funding LLC

(Purchaser); TKC Technology Solutions,
LLC (Operator)

2,887

2010

MainONE

The undersea network connects landing

points in Portugal, Ghana and Nigeria.

MainONE Cable Company Ltd.

14,000

2009

Middle-East
North Africa
Submarine
Cable System
Segment 1
SEA Cable
System

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Suez, Egypt.

There is at least one Branching Unit near
Jeddah for future connection southwards
from the Jeddah area.

Orascom Telecom Holdings SAE

1,221

South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar,

Tanzania, Kenya, India and Egypt

SEACOM, Ltd

13,740

TATA
Communicatio
ns Gulf Cable
System

Oman with India via an existing stubbed

branching unit on the SEACom Cable
System, and Section 3UT, which includes
Cable Stations in the United Arab Emirates
(UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia.

Tata Communications (Bermuda) Ltd.

2,306

2009

2011

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System

Terminal Station Locations

Owners

Length
(KM)

Total/
Partial

2009

Middle-East
North Africa
Submarine
Cable System
Segment 1
Extension to
Oman
PPC-1 CABLE
SYSTEM

The existing MENA Red Sea

System (Suez to Jeddah with
BU) is extended to connect with
Al Seeb, Oman

Orascom Telecom Holdings SAE

3,971

Sydney (Australia), Guam (USA)

and Madang (Papua New
Guinea)

PPC 1 Limited

7,185

2008

Trans-Pacific
Express

Qingdao (Shandong); Keoje

(Korea); Tanshui (Taipei);
Chongming (Shanghai):
Nedonna (Oregon, USA)

26,333

2008

Matrix Cable
System

Singapore to Jakarta; Batam

and Pontianak

China Network Communications Group Corporation;

China Telecommunications Corporation; China United
Telecommunications Corporation; Chunghwa Telecom
Co., Ltd. KT Corporation Intl & Satellite
Telecommunication Department MCI International, Inc.
Matrix Networks Pte. Ltd.

1,438

2008

PAC-Costa
Rica

Parrita, Costa Rica

Global Crossing International Networks Ltd. and Global

Crossing Costa Rica S.R.L.

155

2008

Columbia
Florida
Express-1
(CFX-1)
Caucasus
Cable System

Boca Raton (USA), Cartagena

(Colombia) and Bull Bay
(Jamaica)

New World Network, Ltd.

2,423

Poti and Varna

Caucasus Networks. Ltd.

1,187

2009

2008

2009

DANICE
Cable System

Landeyjasandur, Iceland to
Iceland Blaabjerg. Denmark

Eignarhaldsflagi Farice ehf (E-Farice)

2,248

2008

AKORN Cable
System

Anchorage and Nikiski, plus a

repeatered cable system
between Homer and Florence

ACS Cable Systems, Inc.

3,087

2007

British
Petroleum
Gulf of Mexico
Fiber Optic
Network
NWN-Trinidad
Curacao

BP GoM FON Pascagoula, MS,

USA and Freeport, TX, USA via
a network of offshore oil
platforms in the Gulf of Mexico

BP America Production Company

1,190

Trinidad and Curacao

New World Network, Ltd

1,031

Puerto Rico to Colombia.

Telefonica International Wholesale Services America

S.A., Telefonica International Wholesale Services
Colombia S.A., Telefonica International Wholesale
Services Ecuador S.A., Telefonica International
Wholesale Services Peru S.A.C., T I Wholesale Services
Puerto Rico, Inc.

2,511

2007

2007

Extensions to
the SAm-I
Cable System

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RFS

System

Terminal Station Locations

Owners

Length
(KM)

Total/
Partial

2007

Extensions to
the SAm-I
Cable System

Puerto Rico to Colombia.

2,511

2005

TWA-1

Al Fujarah Karachi

Telefonica International Wholesale Services America

S.A., Telefonica International Wholesale Services
Colombia S.A., Telefonica International Wholesale
Services Ecuador S.A., Telefonica International
Wholesale Services Peru S.A.C., T I Wholesale
Services Puerto Rico, Inc.
Transworld Associates

1,241

2005

Antilles
Crossing

Barbados St. Croix

Antilles Crossing International, LP, Antilles St. Croix

Inc., Antilles Crossing (St. Lucia) Limited

972

2005

BDSN-i

Nassau to Port au Prince

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Ltd.

2,817

2004

Chenai India Singapore

Tata Indicom

3,350

2003

Tata Indicom
IndiaSingapore
Cable System
Svalbard
Submarine
Optical Fibre
Transmission
System

Svalbard, Norway -Norway

Norsk Romsenter Eindom AS (Norwegian Space

Centre)

2,800

2002

C2C

Philippines - Hong Kong - Taiwan China Korea - Japan - Singapore

C2C

17,000

2002

TGN Atlantic

NY, USA UK

TyCom

13,025

2002

TGN West
Europe

Portugal Spain UK

TyCom

3,578

2002

TGN Pacific

Japan Guam; Japan OR, USA CA, USA

TyCom

22,134

2001

HIBERNIA

Canada - UK Ireland - Canada

WORLDWIDE FIBER Inc.

12,111

2001

SAM-1

FL, USA- Puerto Rico Brazil

Argentina Chile Peru Guatemala
FL, USA

Telefonica (Spain)

19,964

2001

SAFE

South Africa -Reunion-MauritiusIndia-Malaysia

13,000

2001

ARCOS

FL, USA - Bahamas - Turks and

Caicos - Dominican Republic Puerto Rico - Netherlands Antilles Venezuela - Columbia - Panama Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Honduras Guatemala - Belize - Mexico

France Telecom, Mauritius Telecom, MCI

International, Telekom Malaysia Berhard, Telkom
Communications International, Videsh Sanchar
Nigam Limited.
AAC&R DR, Alestra, Avantel, BatelCo, Belize
Telecom, Ltd, Cable Onda, CANTV, Caribbean Cable
Links Inc., Centennial Puerto Rico Operations,
Centennial Undersea Cable Corp., CODETEL,
Concert Ltd., Genuity, HonduTel, IMPSAT-USA, ISA,
MCII, New World Network, NICATEL, Orbinet Inc.,
TRICOM-USA, TRICOM-DR, UltraCom

1,994

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System

Terminal Station Locations

Owners

Length
(KM)

Total/
Partial

2001

Australia
Japan

Japan Guam - Australia

Concert, WorldCom, Japan Telecom, NTT

Communications, Telstra

12,224

1998

PANAM

Chile-Peru-Ecuador-PanamaColumbia-Venezuela-Aruba-St Croix

7,000

1998

AC-1

U.S.-UK-Germany-Netherlands

AT&T, Sprint, KDD, MCI, Entel (Chile), Telefonica de

Peru, Telecom Italia, Telmex, Telecom Columbia, ICE
(Costa Rica), Intel (Panama), Antel (El Salvador),
Entel (Bolivia), Telcor (Nicaragua), Telefonica,
CANTV & others
Global Crossing Ltd.

14,000

1998

PETROBRAS

Connects Petrobras oil platforms

Petrobras

451

1997

APCN

Korea-Japan-Taiwan-PhilippinesMalaysia-Singapore

11,813

1997

FLAG

Europe-Mid-East-Indian Ocean-Far
East

26,203

1997

ANTILLAS

San Juan, PR to Punta Cana,

Dominican Rep.

585

1997

BAHAMAS II

Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas; to

FL, USA

KDD, AT&T, Korea Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom,

PLDT, HKT, CAT, Telekom Malaysia, SingTel, PT
Indosat, Globe Telecom, Celcom, Telefonica,
Teleglobe, Telstra, BT, Worldcom, China Telecom,
IDC, Dacom, Vietnam Telecom, DBP
NYNEX, Marubeni, Dallah-Al Baraka (Saudi), and
Gulf Assoc. (USA), Telecom Holding Co. (Thailand),
the Asian Infrastructure Fund.
AT&T, MCI, Sprint, Telefonica Larga Distancia,
TresCom, Codetel and Tricom of the Dominican
Republic
AT&T, Batelco (Bahamas), Telefonica, Teleglobe,
MCI, Sprint, TresCom

473

1997

BUS-1

Bermuda to NJ, USA

TeleBermuda

1,310

1997

HIFN

Hawaii Inter-Island

GST Telecom

744

1997

St. Thomas St.Croix (C1)

St. Thomas to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin

Islands

AT&T and others

75

1996

TAT-12/13

NY, USA RI, USA -UK-France-NY,

USA

12,307

1996

ITUR

Sicily-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia

3,466

1996

BRAZIL
FESTOON

Aracaju to Sitio,
Brazil; Campos to Vitoria, Brazil

AT&T, KDD, BT, France Telecom, Telecom Eireann,

MCI, Sprint, Telefonica, Telecom Denmark,
Chunghwa Telecom, PLDT, Turk Telecom, Teleglobe,
Telstra, Belgacom, MFS Worldcom, SingTel,
WorldExchange, Korea Telecom, Viatel, Primus
Telecom Italia, Iritel, Rostelecom, Turk Telecom, BT,
DBP Telekom, France Telecom, Telefonica, AT&T,
MCI, Sprint, Ukrtec, SingTel, Bezeq, Romtelecom,
BTC (Bulgaria), Belgacom, Beltelecom
Embratel

2,552

1996

PALAU

Palau

201

Palau National Communications Corp.

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System

Terminal Station Locations

Owners

Length
(KM)

Total/
Partial

1995

TPC-5

CA, USA HA, USA - Hawaii-GuamJapan-CA, USA

24,441

1995

CYPRUSISRAEL
(CIOS)

Israel-Cyprus

AT&T, KDD, Entel (Peru), Chunghwa Telecom,

PLDT, MCI, Sprint, Globe Telecom, Telefonica,
Teleglobe, Telstra, Belgacom, BT, MFS Worldcom,
SingTel, Turk Telecom
Bezeq, CYTA, AT&T, Sprint, MCI, Belgacom, BT

400

1995

CANUS 1

NJ, USA-Nova Scotia

1,360

1995

CADMOS

Cyprus-Lebanon

Optel Communications, Teleglobe. More than

twenty-five carriers have bought capacity on the
cable, including DBP Telekom, Telecom Finland,
SPT Telecom (Czech), Rostelecom, Korea Telecom,
Telecom Denmark, Telia, PTT of Iceland, Ukrtec,
AT&T, MCI, Sprint
CYTA, Lebanese PTT, Syrian Telecom
Establishment, AT&T, Teleglobe, MCI, Belgacom, BT

260

1995

LK.
MICHIGAN

MI, USA

AT&T

97

1995

FLAG CHINA
EXT

Shanghai, China

620

1994

SEA-ME-WE 2

Southeast Asia-MidEast-Western
Europe

21,000

1994

HICS

Oahu-Kauai-Maui, Hawaii

NYNEX, Marubeni, Dallah-Al Baraka (Saudi), and

Gulf Assoc. (USA), Telecom Holding Co. (Thailand),
the Asian Infrastructure Fund. 53 carriers are
buying capacity on the system including Teleglobe,
AT&T, Belgacom, KDD, DBP Telekom, Telefonica,
IDC, ITJ
AT&T, SingTel, France Telecom, Batelco, Tunsie
Telecom, VSNL (India), Saudi Telecom, Chunghwa
Telecom, Turk Telecom, PLDT, PT Indosat, KDD,
Infonet, Telecom Italia, Teleglobe, Sprint, MCI,
Telstra, Belgacom, BT
HTC

482

1994

UNISUR

Brazil-Uruguay-Argentina

1,714

1994

AMERICAS 1

FL, USA-St. Thomas Trinidad

Venezuela Brazil

8,116

1993

HAW-5

California-Hawaii

4,757

Telintar (Argentina), Embratel (Brazil), Antel

(Uruguay), Entel (Chile), AT&T, KDD, ITJ, IDC,
Telefonica, Teleglobe, Sprint, MCI, Telstra, BT,
SingTel
All America Cables & Radio (D.R.), Antel (El
Salvador), Antel (Uruguay), Antelco (Paraguay),
Austria PTT, AT&T, Belgacom, BET (Barbados), BT,
C&W, CANTV, Codetel (D.R.), CPRM, Dacom, DBP
Telekom, Embratel, Entel (Chile), France Telecom,
GT&T
AT&T, Sprint, MCI, OTI, MFS Worldcom, Chunghwa
Telecom, GTE Hawaiian Tel, Telstra, Teleglobe, France
Telecom, DBP Telekom, KDD, Long Distance/USA,
Belgacom, Fedex Intl, Entel (Chile), PLDT, BT, SingTel,
WorldExchange

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System

Terminal Station Locations

Owners

Length
(KM)

Total/
Partial

1993

PACIFIC RIM
EAST

HA, USA New Zealand

7,810

1993

Q-C-C

Qualo-Chemlu-Cameron Lake

Telstra, TCNZ, AT&T, Sprint, IDC, Entel (Chile), Clear,

Telecom Eireann, BT, CAT, DBP Telekom, Swiss Telecom,
JTB, GTE, Hong Kong Telecom, ITJ, Chunghwa Telecom,
Telecom Italia, KDD, Korea Telecom, MCI, Mercury, France
Telecom, PLDT, PT Indosat
Teleglobe, British Columbia Telephone

177

1993

APC

Singapore-Malaysia-Hong KongTaiwan-Japan

7,517

1993

TAT-11

NJ, USA -UK-France

7,105

1993

TURMEOS-1

Instanbul -Izmir-Mararis, Turkey

AT&T, Sprint, KDD, MCI, IDC, Hong Kong Telecom,

Chunghwa Telecom, Mercury, Telekom Malaysia,
PLDT, SingTel, Turk Telecom, Teleglobe, Telstra, BT,
MFS Worldcom
AT&T, Sprint, MCI, BT, France Telecom, Mercury,
MFS Worldcom, C&W, Telecom Eireann, Telecom
Denmark, Chunghwa Telecom, PLDT, KDD,
Teleglobe, Belgacom, SingTel
Turk Telecom

1,225

1993

Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan; to Nanhui,

China

AT&T, KDD, China Telecom, ITJ, IDC, MCI, Sprint,

Teleglobe, Telstra, BT, SingTel

1,302

1992

CHINA JAPAN
(CJOFSC)
TAT-9

NJ, USA - Canada-UK-France-Spain

9,305

1992

TAT-10

RI, USA-Germany

8,962

1992

TAINO-CARIB

Puerto Rico-St. Thomas-Tortola

186

1992

MAT-2

Italy - Spain

AT&T, France Telecom, Telefonica, MCI, Telstra,

Sprint, BT, Mercury, Comsat, IDC, ITJ, Teleglobe,
Belgacom, Telecom Eireann, Telecom Denmark,
PLDT, KDD, Turk Telecom, Swiss Telecom, MFS
Worldcom, SingTel
AT&T, DBP Telekom, BT, MCI, Sprint, KDD, MFS
Worldcom, KPN (Netherlands), IDC, Telstra, Korea
Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Telmex, Telefonica,
TCNZ, Hong Kong Telecom, Belgacom, Telecom
Denmark, PLDT, Turk Telecom, Teleglobe
AT&T, TLD (Puerto Rico), MCI, Sprint, C&W,
Embratel, GTE, Teleglobe, TSTT, Telecom Italia,
KDD, Telmex, Telefonica, Teleglobe, CANTV,
Telintar (Argentina), Telecom (Colombia), TresCom,
and PTT of Hait
Telecom Italia, AT&T, KDD, MCI, PLDT, Sprint,
Swiss Telecom, Telefonica, Teleglobe, Turk Telecom,
Telstra, BT

1,988

1990

Korea
Domestic

Cheju Island to Kohung, Korea

Korea Electric Power Corp.

182

1990

GPT

Guam-Philippines-Taiwan

AT&T, KDD, ITJ, IDC, Sprint, MCI, Chunghwa

Telecom, PLDT, Teleglobe, Telstra, BT, SingTel

3,728

1990

FLORICO 2

FL, USA - Puerto Rico

AT&T

1,911

1990

HJK

Hong Kong-Japan-Korea

KDD, Hong Kong Telecom, Korea Telecom, AT&T,

SingTel, ITJ, IDC, MCI, PLDT, Sprint, Teleglobe,
Telstra, BT

4,566

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1990

TCS-1

Puerto Rico-Dominican Republic

Jamaica Columbia

1989

TPC-3

HA, USA - Japan; with branch to

Guam

1989

HAW-4

CA, USA HA, USA

1988

TAT-8

NJ, USA -UK-France

1986

OPTICAN-1

Tenerife-Gran Canaria, Spain

AT&T, MCI, Sprint, C&W, MFS Worldcom, TSTT,

Telefonica, PTTs of Jamaica, Colombia, Haiti,
Barbados, and the Dominican Republic, Teleglobe,
TresCom
AT&T, KDD, BT, Sprint, MCI, ITT, DBP Telekom,
Dacom, Chunghwa Telecom, TCNZ, ITJ, IDC, Entel
(Peru), PLDT, Teleglobe, Telstra, SingTel
AT&T, KDD, BT, Sprint, MCI, ITT, DBP Telekom,
Dacom, Chunghwa Telecom, TCNZ, ITJ, IDC, Entel
(Peru), PLDT, Teleglobe, Telstra, SingTel
AT&T, BT, MCI, Sprint, CICI, France Telecom, MFS
Worldcom, IDC, ITJ, Belgacom, Telecom Eireann,
Telecom Denmark, Turk Telecom, Swiss Telecom,
Teleglobe, Telstra, Korea Telecom
Telefonica

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2,648

9,000

4,238

6,705

119