The intercontinental subsea cable network, with a design capacity of 240 TBPS, spans across 22,000 km connecting Southeast Asia, Australasia, and North America. The project is expected to get completed in 2025.
November 11, 2021
Hawaiki Submarine Cable is going to build a new subsea cable network which will cover about 22,000 km. The construction of the interconnection cable system will provide a link between – Southeast Asia, Australasia, and North America.
The intercontinental submarine cable system – Hawaiki Nui – will have a design capacity of 240 TBPS and it will provide connectivity between main hubs in Singapore, Sydney, and Los Angeles.
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The network system will begin construction in the next year and is expected to be ready for service in 2025. The Auckland-based cable network operator has brought in telecom Mora Telematika Indonesia (Moratelindo) as a partner for the deployment.
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Hawaiki Nui will be the first and largest Space Division Multiplexing (SDM) cable to link the three regions. As per the company, the landings have been planned for Jakarta and Batam, giving Indonesia links to Singapore, Australia, and the US. SDM uses multiple spatial channels to deliver greater capacity and speed.
Further, the subsea network would further support local connectivity within Australia, with links to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Darwin, as well as provide direct international access to Singapore and Los Angeles.
