T-V-H (Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the South China Sea linking Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong.

It has landing points in:

It has a transmission capacity of 565 Mbit/s and a total cable length of 3,367 kilometres (2,092 mi). It started operation on 8 February 1996.

Service disruptions

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On 25 March 2007, the cable network was broken due to local pirates who cut the cable to sell for scrap metals. It was estimated that the link would take three months to repair.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Vietnam has only one undersea telecom cable at present". English.vietnamnet.vn. 28 May 2007.[dead link]
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