Telstra un-named (cable system)
- Telstra un-named (cable system)
The Telstra "un-named" proposed submarine cable was announced [Telstra Media Release, " [http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media/mediareleases_article.cfm?ObjectID=39360 Telstra continues aggressive investment with Australia to USA connection] ", 28 March 2007] [Rossi, Sandra, " [http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1750389396&eid=-6787 Telstra unveils largest submarine cable connection to US - 9000km from Sydney to Hawaii] ", Computerworld, 29 March 2007] on 28 March 2007 by its proposed owner, Telstra, the largest telecommunications carrier in Australia.
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.
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.
Technical aspects
Alcatel-Lucent is basing this turn-key project [Alcatel-Lucent media release [http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4w3cQ7SL8h2VAQAu32oaA!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2007/News_Article_000198 Telstra awards Alcatel-Lucent 9,000 km submarine network contract to support IP network transformation strategy] , Paris, 28 March 2007] on the "Alcatel 1620 Light Manager" [http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/com/en/appcontent/opgss/ds1620LM_1_tcm228-701261635.pdf] Submarine Line Termination Equipment that uses Dense Wavelength-division Multiplexing (DWDM).
Cost
No cost was revealed, however it is estimated around 300 Million (AUD)
ee also
* Southern Cross Cable
References
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