APCN

Submarine telecommunications cable system linking nine Asian countries

APCN or Asia-Pacific Cable Network is a submarine telecommunications cable system linking nine Asian countries.

It has landing points in:

  • Petchaburi, Thailand
  • Mersing, Malaysia
  • Changi, Singapore
  • Ancol, Indonesia
  • Lantau, Hong Kong
  • Batangas, Philippines
  • Toucheng, Taiwan
  • Busan, Korea
  • Miyazaki, Japan

It has a transmission capacity of 5 Gbit/s, and a total cable length of approximately 12,000 km. It started operations in 1997.

See also

Sources

  • "www.apricot.net/apricot97/apII/Presentations/KDDSubmarineFiber/sld018.htm". Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2006.
  • "www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0103/0801-02.html". Retrieved February 11, 2006.
  • "www.atlantic-cable.com/Cables/CableTimeLine/index1951.htm". Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2008.