Telstra un-named (cable system)

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The Telstra "un-named" proposed submarine cable was announced[1] [2] on 28 March 2007 by its proposed owner, Telstra, the largest telecommunications carrier in Australia.

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[edit] Planned system

Telstra announced that the cable would connect Sydney, Australia and Hawaii with a 9,000km link, the largest ever built and owned by an Australian company, providing a transmission capacity of 1.28 Terabit/s to Hawaii. The cable will be linked to others from Hawaii to the US mainland.

[edit] Manufacturer

The manufacture and laying of the cable will be the responsibility of Alcatel-Lucent, which also supplied Telstra's two cables across Bass Strait and its Tasman Sea (TASMAN 2) cable.

[edit] Technical aspects

Alcatel-Lucent is basing this turn-key project[3] on the "Alcatel 1620 Light Manager"[1] Submarine Line Termination Equipment that uses Dense Wavelength-division Multiplexing (DWDM).

[edit] Cost

No cost was revealed, however it is estimated around 300 Million (AUD)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Telstra Media Release, Telstra continues aggressive investment with Australia to USA connection, 28 March 2007
  2. ^ Rossi, Sandra, Telstra unveils largest submarine cable connection to US - 9000km from Sydney to Hawaii, Computerworld, 29 March 2007
  3. ^ Alcatel-Lucent media release Telstra awards Alcatel-Lucent 9,000 km submarine network contract to support IP network transformation strategy, Paris, 28 March 2007