Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe

FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe) is a 28,000 kilometer long submarine communications cable containing optical fiber that connects England, Japan, and many places in between. The Europe-Asia segment was laid in the mid-1990s and was the subject of an extensive article in Wired Magazine in December, 1996 by Neal Stephenson. The cable was laid by NYNEX.

Landing points are:

Segment FLAG Atlantic 1 (FA-1)
- Northport, Suffolk County, New York, USA
- Island Park, Nassau County, New York, USA
- Skewjack (near Sennen, Cornwall), England, UK
- Plérin, Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France

Segment FLAG Alcatel-Lucent Optical Network (FALCON)
- Suez, As Suways Governorate, Egypt
- Port Sudan, Sudan
- Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
- Al Hudaydah, Yemen
- Al Ghaydah, Yemen
- Al Seeb, Oman
- Khasab, Oman
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Sumaisma, Qatar
- Manama, Bahrain
- Al Khubar, Saudi Arabia
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Trivendrum, India
- Hulumale, Maldives
- Male, Maldives

Segment FLAG Europe Asia (FEA)
- Porthcurno, Cornwall, England, UK
- Estepona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
- Palermo, Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Aqaba, Aqaba Governorate, Jordan
- Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah Governorate, Egypt
- Suez, As Suways Governorate, Egypt
- Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
- Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Penang State, Malaysia, meeting SAFE and SEA-ME-WE 3
- Satun, Satun Province, Thailand
- Songkhla, Songkhla province, Thailand
- Silvermine Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
- Nanhui, Shanghai, China
- Keoje, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
- Ninomiya, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Miura, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Segment FLAG North Asia Loop (FNAL)/Tiger
- Tong Fuk, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
- Toucheng, Yilan County, Taiwan
- Pusan, South Korea
- Wada, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

West of Mumbai, FLAG has a capacity of 80 Gbit/s.

The segment between Hong Kong and Pusan was broken by the 2006 Hengchun earthquake.