CANTAT-3

CANTAT-3
Owners: Føroya Tele
Landing points 1. Pennant Point, Nova Scotia, Canada (defunct since 2010) 2. Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland(Turned off in 2023) 3. Tjørnuvík, Faroe Islands 4. Redcar, North Yorkshire, UK (defunct) 5. Blaabjerg, Denmark 6. Sylt, Germany 7. Valdemar Oil Platforms, North Sea
Design capacity	2.5 Gigabit/Second
Technology	NL-16 laser regenerative
Date of first use	1994

CANTAT-3 was the third Canadian transatlantic telecommunications cable, in regular operation from 1994 to 2010, carrying 3 x 2.5 Gbit/s between Canada and Europe. It branches to both Iceland and the Faroe Islands.^[1] It is out of normal service for international bandwidth and is currently operated by Føroya Tele to service oil platforms in the North Sea.