Laid as a replacement for COMPAC, ANZCAN followed the same route from Australia and New Zealand to Canada, with the addition of a landing at Norfolk Island. The cable was 8,250 nautical miles long, with 1,213 repeaters and a capacity of 1,380 telephone circuits.
Cable operations on ANZCAN began in 1982. CS Cable Venture laid 6,300 nautical miles of cable from Vancouver to Sydney. CS Mercury laid the Norfolk Island - Auckland section of 730 nautical miles as well as 1,220 nautical miles of the Vancouver - Sydney cable. HMNZS Monowai surveyed the route and CS Retriever undertook the rerouting of part of the Fiji - Auckland COMPAC cable. CS Cable Enterprise laid the shore ends at Hawaii, CS Retriever (5) the Fiji shore ends, MV Chantik those at Norfolk Island and CS Mercury at Sydney and Auckland.
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