CMC Networks

Africa Network Connections

FLAG

Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) is a 28,000-kilometer-long submarine communications cable containing optical fibre that connects the United Kingdom, Africa, Japan, and many places in between.

The cable is operated by India's Flag Telecom, a fully-owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications. The system runs from the eastern coast of North America to Japan. Its Europe-Asia segment is the fourth-longest cable in the world.

The Europe-Asia segment was laid in the mid-1990s and was the subject of an extensive article in Wired Magazine in December 1996 by Neal Stephenson. The cable was laid by NYNEX.

Landing points are:

Segment FLAG Atlantic 1 (FA-1)

• Northport, Suffolk County, New York, USA
• Island Park, Nassau County, New York, USA
• Porthcurno/Skewjack, Cornwall, England, UK
• Plérin, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France

Segment FLAG Alcatel-Lucent Optical Network (FALCON)

• Suez, As Suways Governorate, Egypt
• Port Sudan, Sudan
• Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
• Al Hudaydah, Yemen
• Al Ghaydah, Yemen
• Al Seeb, Oman
• Khasab, Oman
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Sumaisma, Qatar
• Manama, Bahrain
• Al Khubar, Saudi Arabia
• Kuwait City, Kuwait
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
• Hulumalé, Maldives
• Malé, Maldives
• Colombo, Sri Lanka

Segment FLAG Europe Asia (FEA)

• Porthcurno/Skewjack, Cornwall, England, UK
• Estepona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
• Palermo, Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
• Aqaba, Aqaba Governorate, Jordan
• Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah Governorate, Egypt
• Suez, As Suways Governorate, Egypt
• Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
• Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
• Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Penang, Malaysia, meeting SAFE and SEA-ME-WE 3
• Satun, Satun Province, Thailand
• Songkhla, Songkhla province, Thailand
• Silvermine Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
• Nanhui, Shanghai, China
• Keoje, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
• Ninomiya, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
• Miura, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Segment FLAG North Asia Loop (FNAL)/Tiger

• Tong Fuk, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
• Toucheng, Yilan County, Taiwan
• Pusan, South Korea
• Wada, Awa District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

West of Mumbai, FLAG has a capacity of 80 Gbit/s.

The segment between Hong Kong and Pusan was broken by the 2006 Hengchun earthquake.

Let CMC Networks provide the perfect solution for your network needs.