T-V-H (Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the

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linking

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and

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. It has landing points in: * Si Racha,

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, Thailand * Vũng Tàu,

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, Vietnam *

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, Southern District, Hong Kong It has a transmission capacity of 565 Mbit/s and a total cable length of . It started operation on 8 February 1996.

Service disruptions

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:T-V-H (Cable System) Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean Thailand–Vietnam relations China–Thailand relations China–Vietnam relations 1996 establishments in Hong Kong 1996 establishments in Thailand 1996 establishments in Vietnam