wiredinUSA October 2013

Getting connected, offshore

APX-West secures its cable

Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco), which operates offshore fields in Abu Dhabi, is to build a fiber optic wide area network (WAN) project in conjunction with Zakum Development Company (Zadco), aimed at improving communications between the company’s offshore and onshore sites. optic infrastructure will improve real time transmission systems, represented by voice, video and data, to ensure business continuity, full redundancy, high reliability and availabilities for such services as well as enabling new capability of added services like high definition surveillance video cameras for close circuit television systems, said Adma-Opco. The newsletter said the linkage from Umm Shaif to Das will be included as part of the planned power cable project between Das and Umm Shaif, and Nasr connectivity will be included in the Nasr power cables. The new submarine fiber

TE SubCom and SubPartners Pty Ltd have signed a system supply contract for the APX-West submarine cable system to deliver low-latency, diverse capacity between Australia and Singapore. APX-West will use a four fiber-pair system to connect Perth, Australia, to Changi North, Singapore, with planned branches to Jakarta, Indonesia and Christmas Island. The system is approximately 4,700km long and has an initial design capacity of up to 32Tbp/s. It is expected to be operational by mid-2015. “Today’s announcement marks a major step forward in our vision towards a more diverse and resilient Asia Pacific region,” said Bevan Slattery, CEO of SubPartners. “Our model of selling spectrum directly to major telecommunications and content providers gives the flexibility and benefits of infrastructure ownership without the significant capital investment required of a single entity in undertaking such a project. I ampleased that TE SubComand SubPartners are able to work together on this unique project to change the international capacity market for the better.”

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