Telstra Endeavour
| Cable type | Fibre-optic |
|---|---|
| Fate | Active |
| First traffic | October 2008 |
| Design capacity | 1.28 tbit/s |
| Lit capacity | 80 gbit/s |
| Built by | Alcatel-Lucent |
| Landing points | Tamarama Beach, New South Wales Wai'anae, Hawai'i |
| Area served | Asia-Pacific |
| Owner(s) | Telstra |
| Website | Telstra Endeavour Cable |
The Telstra Endeavour is a submarine cable connecting Sydney and Hawaii. The cable went live in October 2008[1], with a capacity of 1.28 terabits per second in the future (currently at 80 gigabits per second.) It was proposed[2] [3] on 28 March 2007 by Telstra, the largest telecommunications carrier in Australia.
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[edit] Landing points
The landing points are[4]:
- Tamarama Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with termination at Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Keawaula, Wai'anae, Honolulu County, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
[edit] History
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.
[edit] Manufacturer
The manufacture and laying of the cable was the responsibility of Alcatel-Lucent, which also supplied Telstra's two cables across Bass Strait and its Tasman Sea (TASMAN 2) cable.
[edit] Technical aspects
Alcatel-Lucent is basing this turn-key project[5] on the "Alcatel 1620 Light Manager"[1] Submarine Line Termination Equipment that uses Dense Wavelength-division Multiplexing (DWDM).
[edit] Cost
No cost was revealed, however it is estimated around 300 Million (AUD)
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.commsday.com/node/743 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
- ^ "Next Generation Cable Systems, Telstra Endeavour, Sydney, Australia to Hawaii, USA". http://www.telstra-international.co.uk/uploads/files/telstra_endeavour_sydeny_australia_hawaii_usa.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ Alcatel-Lucent media release Telstra awards Alcatel-Lucent 9,000 km submarine network contract to support IP network transformation strategy, Paris, 28 March 2007
