Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System

HICS or Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System is a fiber optic submarine telecommunications cable system linking together six of the eight main Hawaiian Islands with each other.

It has landing points in:


 * Lihue Terminal, Wailua Point, Kauai, Hawaii, U.S.A.
 * Ko Olina Terminal, Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
 * Koko Head Terminal, Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
 * Kihei Terminal, Mokapu, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.
 * Kawaihae Terminal, Spencer Beach, Island of Hawaii, U.S.A.

It has a transmission capacity of 2.5 Gbit/s, and a total cable length of 298 miles (480 km). It started operation on July 20, 1994, and is operated and maintained by Hawaiian Telcom.