Gondwana-1

Gondwana-1

Gondwana-1 is a submarine communications cable network connecting New Caledonia and Australia due to be brought into service in 2008. [cite web | url = http://www.home.alcatel.com/vpr/vpr.nsf/va_TousByIDPere/II7405BF2B48BA9C22C12571FC005A16DBEngII | title = New Caledonia's OPT and Alcatel sign Euro 42 million contract for new GONDWANA-1 submarine cable network | date = October 4, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-04-24 ] [cite web | url = http://www.digitalmediaasia.com/default.asp?ArticleID=18794 | title = New Caledonia's OPT, Alcatel sign €42m contract for new submarine cable network | date = October 6, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-04-24 ] update after|2008|03|01

The Australian End of the Cable was terminated in Mid November 2007 by the CS Ile de Re Cable Ship [cite web | url = http://www.manlydaily.com.au/article/2007/11/16/7395_news.html | title = French Connection | date = November 16, 2007 | accessdate = 2007-12-08 ] completing the laying of the cable [cite web | url = http://infos.opt.nc/v3i/listing.php?c=ok&entree=23-Novembre-2007-News_Letter_OPT_du_23_novembre_2007.txt&adr=nl_par | title = Nouméa-Sydney connected by submarine cable: a reality today (French)| date = November 23, 2007 | accessdate = 2007-12-08 ] . The Fibre Optic Cable is laid in the Northern Sydney Protection Zone and comes ashore at Narrabeen beach where Southern Cross and the Australia Japan Cable are also laid. Currently the cable is undergoing testing which should take around 6 months before being brought into service.

The Fibre Optic Cable is a two part system, firstly linking New Caledonia to Australia (and then onto the world via the existing Australian Fibre Optic Cables) and a short unrepeated cable from New Caledonia to the Loyalty Islands, with landing station at Poindimie (Main island), Mouly (Ouvea) and Xepenehe (Lifou).

The Need for the cable was the increasing demand for advanced telecommunications such as broadband and 3G Mobile Phones, and due to the high cost of Satellite bandwidth. Gondwana also improve latency to reach Australia and Western Europe, that was previously handicaped by the 500 msec round trip delay between Australian and Caledonian satellite teleport.

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