New Zealand: Proposal for Pacific Submarine Fibre Optic Cable

Hawaiki Submarine Cable has proposed a new Pacific submarine cable what would link New Zealand and Australia with several Pacific islands by the end of 2014, reported Computerworld.

The Hawaiki cable is a repeatered 2 fibre pairs submarine cable system with a design capacity of 8Tbps linking Auckland, Sydney and Hawaii.

A branching unit will enable the connection of Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Wallis, Samoa and American Samoa to the Hawaiki backbone.

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Subsea World News Staff, September 06, 2012;  Image: hawaikicable