Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System

{{short description|Submarine communications cable system}}

{{Infobox Submarine communications cable

| cable_name =Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System, HICS

| map =

| owners =Hawaiian Telcom

| landing_points =

• Lihue Terminal, Wailua Point, Kauai
• Ko Olina Terminal, Kahe Point, Oahu
• Koko Head Terminal, Sandy Beach, Oahu
• Kihei Terminal, Mokapu, Maui
• Kawaihae Terminal, Spencer Beach, Island of Hawaii

| technology =

| design_capacity = 2.5 Gbit/s

| current_capacity =

| length =480 km

| topology =

| first_use_date = July 1994

}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://bigislandnow.com/2019/01/18/letter-hawaiis-submarine-fiber-optic-cables-reaching-end-of-life-span/|title=LETTER: Hawai‘i’s Submarine Fiber-Optic Cables Reaching End of Life Span}}

It has landing points{{cite web|title= HICS (Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System)|url=http://www.fiberatlantic.com/system/W6qVJ)}} 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.