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

See also

• APCN 2

• List of international submarine communications cables

• Cable landing point

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