Editing CANTAT-3 (section)

{{Short description|Canadian transatlantic telecommunications cable}}

{{Infobox Submarine communications cable
| cable_name     = CANTAT-3
| owners         = [[Føroya Tele]]
| operator       = 
| map            = CANTAT-3-route.png
| landing_points =
{{unbulleted list
| '''1.''' [[Pennant Point, Nova Scotia|Pennant Point]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]] (defunct since 2010)
| '''2.''' [[Vestmannaeyjar]], [[Iceland]] (turned off in 2023)
| '''3.''' [[Tjørnuvík]], [[Faroe Islands]]
| '''4.''' [[Redcar]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] (defunct)
| '''5.''' [[Blaabjerg]], [[Denmark]]
| '''6.''' [[Sylt]], [[Germany]]
| '''7.''' Valdemar Oil Platforms, [[North Sea]]
}}
| technology      = NL-16 laser regenerative
| design_capacity = 2.5 Gigabit/Second
| first_use_date  = 1994
}}
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'''CANTAT-3''' was the third [[Canada|Canadian]] [[transatlantic telecommunications cable]], in regular operation from 1994 to 2010, carrying 3 x 2.5&nbsp;Gbit/s between [[Canada]] and [[Europe]]. It branches to both [[Iceland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]].<ref name="farice">[http://www.farice.is/about-us/company-history/ Farice: The background of the FARICE-1 cable]</ref> It is out of normal service for international bandwidth and is currently operated by [[Føroya Tele]] to service oil platforms in the North Sea.