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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

• APCN 2
• List of international submarine communications cables
• Cable landing point

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.

• Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean
• 1997 establishments in Asia
• Submarine communications cables in the Indian Ocean