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wiredInUSA - October 2013
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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.”
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.
The
new
submarine
fiber
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.
Getting connected,
offshore