Vocus, an Australian fiber provider, has signed construction contracts for a new A$100 million ($72 million), 1,000-kilometer (621-mile) cable linking the Australia Singapore Cable to the North West Cable System in Port Hedland, Western Australia.
This provides the final piece of the Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable (DJSC), a A$500 million ($364 million) system of high-capacity cables connecting Perth, Darwin, Port Hedland, Christmas Island, Indonesia and Singapore.
With this move, Vocus said it will deliver the first international submarine cable connection into Darwin, establishing the Northern Territory capital as Australia’s newest entry point for international data connectivity.
The DJSC will deliver 40 terabits per second of internet capacity between Australia and Asia, unlocking Darwin as a major new data hub for Asia Pacific and opening up the Pilbara mining region for low-latency connectivity into Singapore. The new system will also interconnect with Vo
