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The '''Black Sea Fiber-Optic Cable System (BSFOCS)''' is a {{convert|1300|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} [[Submarine communications cable|submarine telecommunications cable system]] linking three countries bordering the [[Black Sea]].<ref name="Intl-BW-2005">[http://www.bsfocs.com/bsfocs-profile.pdf ''International Bandwidth 2005: Black Sea Fiber Optic Cable System (BSFOCS)''], PRIMETRICA, INC, 2005.</ref>  It went into operation in September 2001, and has a total capacity of 20 [[Gbit/s]] along 2 fiber pairs.<ref name="Intl-BW-2005"/>

It has [[Cable landing point|landing points]] in:
#[[Varna, Bulgaria]]
#[[Odesa]], [[Ukraine]]
#[[Novorossiysk]], [[Russia]]

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930122255/http://foptnet.ge/map2eng.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070930122255/http://foptnet.ge/map2eng.htm] Map of the cable system (3 Systems BSFOCS, [[KAFOS (cable system)|KAFOS]], & [[ITUR]])
* {{cite web | title=www.bsfocs.com/connectivity.php | url=http://www.bsfocs.com/connectivity.php | accessdate=February 11, 2006 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060228102903/http://www.bsfocs.com/connectivity.php| archivedate= 28 February 2006 | url-status= live}}
* {{cite web | title=www.bsfocs.com/cable-description-specification.php | url=http://www.bsfocs.com/cable-description-specification.php | accessdate=February 11, 2006 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060228103012/http://www.bsfocs.com/cable-description-specification.php| archivedate= 28 February 2006 | url-status= live}}
* {{cite web|title=Cytaglobal |url=http://www.cytaglobal.com./cytaglobal/network-submarine.php |accessdate=April 13, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408025141/http://www.cytaglobal.com/cytaglobal/network-submarine.php |archivedate=April 8, 2007 |url-status=dead }}

==Notes==
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{{Submarine communications cables in the Black Sea}}

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[[Category:Submarine communications cables in the Black Sea]]
[[Category:Bulgaria–Russia relations]]
[[Category:Russia–Ukraine relations]]
[[Category:Bulgaria–Ukraine relations]]
[[Category:Internet in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Russia]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Ukraine]]