System
name

Length
(km)

Service
date

Landing countries

Purchasers

Apollo

13 000

Q3 2002

USA, England, France

Cable & Wireless

FLAG Atlantic-1

12570

2000/2001

USA, England, France

FLAG Atlantic Ltd (a JV between FLAG Telecom and GTS)

MAC (Mid-Atlantic Crossing)

6000

2000

USA, Virgin Islands, Bermuda

Global Crossing

MAYA 1 (part)

4500

2000

USA, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama

AT&T, C&W, Hondutel, ICE, MCII, Sprint, Telmex

Gemini (South/North)

6260 / 5855

1998

UK, USA

Gemini Submarine Cable System Limited (a JV between Cable & Wireless plc and WorldCom Inc)

TAT-12/13

360 (TAT 12) / 2173 (TAT 13)

1996

USA, England, France

AT&T, BT, France Telecom

TAGIDE-2

1586

1996

France, Portugal

France Telecom, Marconi

TAT-12 (Segment E2)

3800

1995

England, France, USA

AT&T, BT, France Telecom

CANTAT-3

7500

1994

Canada, Iceland, Faroes, Denmark, Germany, England

Teleglobe, BT, Deutsche Bundespost Telecom Denmark, Iceland Post and Telegraph

RIOJA

1518

1994

Spain, England, Belgium, Netherlands

Telefonica, BT, Belgacom, PTT Telecom Netherlands

TAT-11

3262 / 602 / 1422

1993

USA, England, France

AT&T, Mercury, France Telecom

TAT-9

2610 / 1800

1991

USA, Canada, England, Spain, France

AT&T, Teleglobe Canada, BT, Telef¢nica, France Telecom

UK-Spain 4

840

1991

England, Spain

BT, Telef¢nica

APOCS

22 / 55 / 180

1991

Canada

Newfoundland Telephone Company, Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co, New Brunswick Telephone Company, Island Telephone Company

PTAT-1

7600

1989

USA, England, Bermuda, Ireland

C&W, Sprint, Telecom Eireann