_id	No	project___cable_name	partners___operators	Involvement Type	investment__usd_	status___timeline	Signing agreement	Start Implement	Ended implement	China Link	location___route	reference
1	1	Sihanoukville-Hong Kong Submarine Cable	Cambodia Telecom, China's Unicom Group	Ownership, Operation	$165 million	To be completed by mid 2025	17-Oct-23	22-May	25-Jul	Yes (China's Unicom Group)	Sihanoukville ↔ Hong Kong	Sihanoukville_HK_Cable__00.07.2025.pdf; Cambodia_Hong_Kong_Cable__17.11.2023.pdf
2	2	Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) Submarine Cable	(Cambodia) Fiber Optic Communication Network Co., Ltd.	Infrastructure ownership	$70 million	Operational by end of 2017	14-Jan	Not found	Not found	Yes (a Chinese-owned telecommunication infrastructure provider to connect Cambodia to a​ 25,000-km underwater fiber-optic network spanning three continents)	Cambodia part of network	Chinese_Own_Telecom__03.03.2016.pdf
3	3	Various Submarine Cables in ASEAN	ASEAN governments, various suppliers (Huawei Marine, now HMN Tech)	Strategic technology provision	$70 billion in digital infrastructure	Ongoing competition	22-Feb	Not found	Not found	Yes (Focus on reducing dependency on China, but still significant presence)	Regional – SEA focus	ISEAS_Perspective__14.03.2025.pdf