Telstra Endeavour
| Cable type | Fibre-optic |
|---|---|
| Fate | Active |
| First traffic | October 2008 |
| Design capacity | 1.28 Tbit/s |
| Lit capacity | 100 Gbit/s |
| Built by | |
| Area served | Pacific Ocean |
| Owner(s) | Telstra |
| Website | Telstra Endeavour Cable |
The Telstra Endeavour is a
telecommunications carrier
in Australia.
Initially with a lit capacity of 80 Gbit/s, Telstra announced an increased capacity to 100 Gbit/s in January 2015.[4]
Landing points
The landing points are:[5]
- Tamarama Beach, Sydney, Australia, with termination at Paddington
- Keawaula, Waianae, Hawaii
History
Telstra announced that the cable would connect Sydney and Hawaii with a 9,000 km (5,600 mi) 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.
The manufacture and laying of the cable was the responsibility of
DWDM
). No cost was revealed, however it is estimated around $300 million (AUD).
See also
- Other Australian international submarine cables (and year of first service):
- Pipe Pacific Cable (2009)
- Australia-Japan Cable(2001)
- Southern Cross Cable (2000)
- SEA-ME-WE 3 (2000, Australian portion in service earlier)
- JASURAUS(1997)
- PacRimWest (1995)
References
- ^ "Telstra doubling lit capacity on Endeavour Hawaii cable | CommsDay". Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010. Telstra doubling lit capacity on Endeavour Hawaii cable
- ^ Telstra Media Release, "Telstra continues aggressive investment with Australia to USA connection", 28 March 2007
- ^ Rossi, Sandra, "Telstra unveils largest submarine cable connection to US – 9000km from Sydney to Hawaii", Computerworld, 29 March 2007
- ^ "Telstra hits 100G on key Asia-Pac submarine cables". Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Next Generation Cable Systems, Telstra Endeavour, Sydney, Australia to Hawaii, USA" (PDF). Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ Alcatel-Lucent media release Telstra awards Alcatel-Lucent 9,000 km submarine network contract to support IP network transformation strategy, Paris, 28 March 2007
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