APCN submarine cable

APCN (Asia-Pacific Cable Network) started operating. It is a submarine telecommunications cable system linking nine Asian countries, with landing points at:

  1. Petchaburi, Thailand.
  2. Mersing, Malaysia.
  3. Changi, Singapore.
  4. Ancol, Indonesia.
  5. Lantau, Hong Kong.
  6. Batangas, Philippines.
  7. Toucheng, Taiwan.
  8. Pusan, Korea.
  9. Miyazaki, Japan.

The APCN has a transmission capacity of 5 Gbit/s, and a total cable length of approximately 12,000 km.