Back Transatlantisches Telefonkabel German Câble de communication transatlantique French Kabel telekomunikasi transatlantik ID Transatlantic Communications Cable Italian Atlanterhavskabelen NN Atlanterhavskabelen NB Трансатлантический телефонный кабель Russian Atlantkabel Swedish Трансатлантичний телефонний кабель Ukrainian
A transatlantic telecommunications cable is a submarine communications cable connecting one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, each cable was a single wire. After mid-century, coaxial cable came into use, with amplifiers. Late in the 20th century, all cables installed use optical fiber as well as optical amplifiers, because distances range thousands of kilometers.