*Pages 1--2 from þÿ* TABLE 7 - Trans- Ocean Fiber Optic Cable Capacity 64 Kbps Circuits Table 7 - Data sources: Cable capacity numbers are extracted from the FCC Cable Landing License Orders or pending Applications (see the following details). For construction costs, some numbers are available in the License Order, others are available at each project's website, as cited below. CABLES Landing Points FCC File No. Release Date FCC Record TRANS - ATLANTIC - Operational : TAT- 8 U. S./ U. K./ France I- T- C- 84- 072 , FCC 84- 240 34614 June 8, 1984 98 FCC 2 d 440 (1984) PTAT U. S./ Bermuda/ Ireland/ UK. SCL- 85- 001, FCC 85- 99 35600 Apr. 5, 1985 100 FCC 2 d 1033 (1985) TAT- 9 U. S./ Canada/ U. K./ France/ Spain SCL- 88- 004, DA 88- 1961 Dec. 27, 1988 3 FCC Rcd 7304 (1988) TAT- 10 U. S./ Germany/ Netherlands SCL- 91- 001, FCC 91- 416 Jan. 10, 1992 7 FCC Rcd 130 (1992) TAT- 11 U. S./ U. K./ France SCL- 91- 002, FCC 91- 418 Jan. 10, 1992 7 FCC Rcd 134 (1992) TAT- 12/ 13 U. S./ U. K./ France I- T- C- 93- 062 , DA 93- 823 July 16, 1993 8 FCC Rcd 4810 (1993) CANTAT- 3 Canada/ Iceland/ Denmark/ Germany/ UK SCL- 92- 004, FCC 93- 137 Apr. 1, 1993 8 FCC Rcd 2267 (1993) Columbus II U. S./ Mexico/ PR/ Portugal/ Spain/ Italy SCL- 93- 001, DA 93- 908 July 26, 1993 8 FCC Rcd 5038 (1993) CANUS- 1 U. S./ Bermuda/ Canada SCL- 95- 004 (M) , DA 96- 956 June 14, 1996 11 FCC Rcd 7121 (1996) Atlantic Crossing (AC- 1) U. S./ U. K./ Germany SCL- 97- 002, DA 97- 2034 Sept. 23, 1997 13 FCC Rcd 5961( 1998) Gemini Cable System - U. S./ U. K. SCL- 96- 004, DA 96- 1649 & 2151 Oct. 3 & Dec. 18, 1996 11 FCC Rcd 12732 (1996) & continued 12 FCC Rcd 8637 (1997) Columbus III U. S./ Italy/ Spain/ Portugal ITC- 98- 437, DA 99- 1637 Aug. 20, 1999 14 FCC Rcd 13436 (1999) Level 3 * U. S./ U. K. SCL- LIC- 19990913- 00019, DA 00- 108 Jan 21, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 842 (2000) AC- 2 * U. S./ U. K. SCL- MOD- 20000511- 00018, DA 00- 2569 Nov. 9, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 21615 (2000) TAT- 14 U. S./ Demark/ Germany/ Netherlands/ France/ UK SCL- LIC- 19990303- 00004, DA 99- 2042 Oct. 1, 1999 n. a. Flag Atlantic - 1 U. S./ U. K./ France SCL- LIC- 19990303- 00005, DA 99- 2041 Oct. 1, 1999 n. a. Hibernia Atlantic (formerly 360atlantic) US/ Canada/ Ireland/ U. K. SCL- LIC- 19990804- 00012, DA 00- 76 Jan. 14, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 765 (2000) Tyco Atlantic U. S./ U. K. SCL- LIC- 20000308- 00007, DA 00- 1808 Aug. 8, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 14881 (2000) Apollo Cable U. S./ U. K./ France SCL- LIC- 20010122- 00002, DA 01- 1395 June 8, 2001 16 FCC Rcd 12023 (2001) AMERICAS - Operational : Americas I US/ USVI/ Brazil/ Fr. Guyana/ Martinique/ Trinidad - SCL- 93- 002, DA 93- 909 July 26, 1993 8 FCC Rcd 5041 (1993) - Continued Venezulela/ Curacao/ Guyana/ Suriname TCS- 1 US/ PR/ Dominican Rep./ Jamaica/ Colombia SCL- 89- 003, DA 89- 1667 Jan. 5, 1990 5 FCC Rcd 100 (1990) Taino- Carb PR/ USVI/ British V. I. SCL- 92- 002, DA 92- 861 July 6, 1992 7 FCC Rcd 4275 (1992) BAHAMAS II US/ Bahamas ITC- 96- 234, DA 96- 1234 Aug. 6, 1996 11 FCC Rcd 37604 (1996) Antillas I PR/ Dominican Rep. SCL- 95- 012, DA 96- 1052 July 2, 1996 11 FCC Rcd 7690 (1996) Pan American Cable System USVI/ Aruba/ Venezulea/ Colombia/ Panama/- SCL- 97- 001, DA 98- 81 Jan. 20, 1998 13 FCC Rcd 850 (1998) - Continued Ecuador/ Peru/ Chile Americas II US/ PR/ USVI/ Martinique/ Curacao/ Trinidad/- ITC- 98- 342, 342A, DA 98- 2294 Nov. 10, 1998 13 FCC Rcd 22534 (1998) - Continued Venezulela/ French Guiana/ Brazil MAC US/ USVI SCL- LIC- 19981030- 00023, DA 99- 509 Mar. 18, 1999 14 FCC Rcd 3981 (1999) PAC US/ Mexico/ Panama/ Venezuela/ USVI SCL- LIC- 19981103- 00022, DA 99- 510 Mar. 18, 1999 14 FCC Rcd 3989 (1999) MAYA - 1 US/ Cayman Isl./ Colombia/ Costa Rica/ SCL- LIC- 19990325- 00006, DA 99- 2579 Nov. 18, 1999 14 FCC Rcd 19456 (1999) - continued Honduras/ Mexico/ Panama 360americas (former Atlantica- 1) US/ Venezuela/ Brazil/ Bermuda SCL- LIC- 19990602- 00010, DA99- 2778 Dec. 10, 1999 14 FCC Rcd 20787 (1999) SAC USVI/ Brazil/ Arg/ Chile/ Peru/ Colombia/ Panama SCL- LIC- 19990823- 00015, DA 00- 310 Feb. 17, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 3039 (2000) ARCOS- 1 (Americas Region US/ Bahamas/ Turks & Caicos/ Dom Rep/ PR/ SCL- LIC- 19981222- 00032, DA 99- 1312 July 2, 1999 14 FCC Rcd 10597 (1999) Caribbean Ring System) Curacao/ Venez/ Colom/ Pan/ Costa Rica/ Nicar/ Honduras/ Guatemale/ Belize/ Mexico Bahamas Internet Cable System US/ Bahamas SCL- LIC- 20000118- 00001, DA 00- 1349 June 20, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 10818 (2000) South America- 1 Cable System (SAm- 1) US/ PR/ Brazil/ Argentina/ Chile/ Peru/ Guatemala SCL- LIC- 20000204- 00003, DA 00- 1826 Aug. 10, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 14915 (2000) * Level 3 and Global Crossing jointly built the original Level 3 cable. Global Crossing's portion of the cable (50% of the total capacity) is "AC- 2." * * FLAG Telecom and 360network will not build FLAG Pacific and 360pacific cables, respectively. Page 35 1 TABLE 7 - Trans- Ocean Fiber Optic Cable Capacity 64 Kbps Circuits Table 7 - Data sources: Cable capacity numbers are extracted from the FCC Cable Landing License Orders or pending Applications (see the following details). For construction costs, some numbers are available in the License Order, others are available at each project's website, as cited below. TRANS - PACIFIC - Operational : HAW- 4/ TPC- 3 U. S./ Hawaii/ Guam/ Japan I- T- C- 85- 219 & ITC- 88- 024, DA 88- 185 Jan. 7, 1986 & Feb. 22, 1988 3 FCC Rcd 940 (1988) NPC U. S./ Japan SCL- 86- 002-( M), FCC 89- 304 Nov. 15, 1989 4 FCC Rcd 8061 (1989) TPC- 4 U. S./ Canada/ Japan SCL- 89- 004, FCC 89- 305 Nov. 15, 1989 4 FCC Rcd 8040 (1989) PacRimWest Australia/ Guam ITC- 90- 097, FCC- 90- 379 Dec. 10, 1990 5 FCC Rcd 7362 (1990) PacRimEast HI/ NZ ITC- 90- 072, FCC- 90- 378 Dec. 10, 1990 5 FCC Rcd 7331 (1990) HAW- 5 US- CA/ HI ITC- 90- 081, FCC- 90- 377 Dec. 10, 1990 5 FCC Rcd 7344 (1990) TPC- 5 U. S./ Japan SCL- 92- 005, DA 92- 1560 Nov. 25, 1992 7 FCC Rcd 7674 (1992) Southern Cross U. S./ Fiji/ Australia/ New Zealand ITC- 97- 622 DA 98- 273 Feb. 13, 1998 13 FCC Rcd 2939 (1998) China- U. S. Cable Network U. S./ China/ Taiwan/ Japan/ S. Korea/ Guam SCL- 98- 002, DA 98- 1711 Aug. 28, 1998 13 FCC Rcd 16232 (1998) PC- 1 US/ Japan SCL- 98- 006, DA 98- 2351 Nov. 23, 1998 13 FCC Rcd 23384 (1998) Guam- Philippines Cable Guam/ Philippines SCL- 98- 004, DA 98- 2550 Dec. 15, 1998 14 FCC Rcd 1923 (1999) Japan- U. S. CN US/ HI/ Japan SCL- LIC- 19981117- 00025, FCC 99- 167 July 9, 1999 14 FCC Rcd 13066 (1999) FLAG Pacific -1 * * US/ Japan SCL- LIC- 20001014- 00020, DA 00- 2568 Nov. 9, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 22064 (2000) 360pacific Cable Network * * US/ HI/ Japan SCL- LIC- 20000620- 00024, DA 00- 2616 Nov. 20, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 22495 (2000) Australia- Japan Cable (Guam) - (AJC) Australia/ Guam/ Japan SCL- LIC- 20000629- 00025, DA 00- 2758 Dec. 8, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 24057 (2000) Tyco Pacific US/ HI/ Guam/ Japan SCL- LIC- 20000717- 00026, DA 00- 2762 Dec. 8, 2000 15 FCC Rcd 24078 (2000) - continued SCL- MOD- 20020826- 00079, DA 02- 2444 n. a. n. a. Note: All future cables' capacities are based on the information available at the time of the planned cables' filings (and subsequent updates). These estimates, however, are subject to change. In order to be conservative, we listed only initial capacity for all future cables in this Table. However, the full potential capacity of each cable is listed below for further reference. Initial Potential Cable Capacity Max Capacity System (in Gbps) (Gbps) AOR: Gemini 10 30 AC- 1 40 140 Columbus III 10 40 TAT- 14 640 640 FLAG Atlantic - 1 160 2,400 Level 3 160 640 AC- 2 160 640 Hibernia Atlantic (formerly 360atlantic) 160 1,280 Tyco Atlantic 460 2,560 Apollo Cable 320 6,400 Americas: Americas II 50 50 MAC 20 40 PAC 20 40 MAYA -1 7.5 20 Atlantica- 1 (formerly 360americas) 20 640 SAC 40 80 ARCOS- 1 15 640 SAm- 1 40 1,920 Bahamas Internet Cable Network 30 75 POR: PC- 1 80 640 China- U. S. Cable Network 80 80 Southern Cross 20 480 Guam- Philippines 10 10 Japan- U. S. Cable Network 80 640 FLAG - Pacific -1 160 5,120 Not included in Table 7 360pacific Cable Network 320 3,840 Not included in Table 7 Australia- Japan Cable (Guam) 80 640 Tyco Pacific 460 5,120 Page 36 2