Undersea fiber
cable announced
Vodafone New Zealand has signed
a long term capacity deal with Pacific
Fibre, over its plan to build a 12,750km
multi-million dollar international
submarine cable. The undersea cable
system will initially connect Australia to
New Zealand, then to the USA, and is
scheduled to be launched by early 2014.
Under the 10-year deal, Vodafone will
become Pacific Fibre’s biggest New
Zealand customer.
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Pacific Fibre’s co-founder Sir Stephen
Tindall is welcoming Vodafone on board
with the project which, he says, “
...effectively parks New Zealand, in my
opinion, just off the Californian coast.
It gives small operators who want to get
started the ability to get in on super-fast
broadband connectivity with the United
States.”
The cable is scheduled to be launched
in 2014 and investors are currently being
sought to fund the construction.
