Russian Optical Trans-Arctic Cable System

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Russian Optical Trans-Arctic Cable System
Cable type Fiber optic cable
operator Polarnet Project
Landing points Landing points
overall length 16,000 km
technology Wavelength division multiplexing
active since never built
Russian Optical Trans-Arctic Submarine Cable System.svg

Russian Optical Trans-Arctic Cable System ( ROTACS for short ) was a planned submarine cable to connect the United Kingdom , Russia and Japan . It should be operational at the end of 2016.

The 16,000 km long cable should run from the United Kingdom through the Arctic Ocean north of Scandinavia and Russia to Japan.

Landing points

Individual evidence

  1. polarnetproject.ru ( Memento from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ROTACS Submarine Cable Map by TeleGeography
  3. ^ ROTACS on Greg's Cable Map