Ua ʻōlelo ka loea fiber Australia e hoʻokumu ka pilina hou iā Darwin, ke kapikala ʻo Northern Territory, "ʻo ia ka wahi komo hou loa o Australia no ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka ʻikepili honua"
Ma mua o kēia pule, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Vocus ua kau inoa ʻo ia i nā ʻaelike e kūkulu i ka ʻāpana hope o ka Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable (DJSC) i kali lōʻihi ʻia, kahi ʻōnaehana AU $ 500 miliona e pili ana iā Perth, Darwin, Port Hedland, Christmas Island, Jakarta, a me Singapore.

Me kēia mau ʻaelike hana hou loa, he AU $100 miliona, ke kākoʻo nei ʻo Vocus i ka hana ʻana i kahi kaula 1,000km e hoʻopili ana i ka Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) i ka North West Cable System (NWCS) ma Port Hedland. I ka hana ʻana pēlā, ke hoʻokumu nei ʻo Vocus i ka DJSC, e hāʻawi ana iā Darwin me kāna pilina pili honua submarine mua.

ʻO ka ASC i kēia manawa he 4,600km, e hoʻopili ana iā Perth ma ke kahakai komohana o Australia a me Singapore. ʻO ka NWCA, i kēia manawa, holo 2,100km komohana mai Darwin ma ke kahakai komohana ʻākau o Australia ma mua o ka pae ʻana i Port Hedland. E hoʻopili ʻia ka loulou hou o Vocus i ka ASC.

No laila, i ka pau ʻana, e hoʻopili ka DJSC iā Perth, Darwin, Port Hedland, Christmas Island, Indonesia, a me Singapore, e hāʻawi ana i 40Tbps o ka hiki.

Manaʻo ʻia e mākaukau ke kelepona no ka lawelawe ʻana ma waena o 2023.

"ʻO ka Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable he hōʻailona nui o ka hilinaʻi i ka Top End ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolako honua no ka pilina a me nā ʻoihana kikohoʻe," wahi a ke Kuhina Nui o ka Territory Territory Michael Gunner. "Ke hoʻopaʻa hou nei kēia iā Darwin ma ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana kikohoʻe ʻoi loa o ka ʻĀkau o Australia, a e wehe i ka puka i nā manawa hou no ka hana ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe, nā kikowaena ʻikepili a me nā lawelawe ʻikepili ma muli o ke ao no nā Territorians a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka."

Akā, ʻaʻole wale ia ma ke kikowaena uwea submarine e hana nei ʻo Vocus e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pilina no ka Northern Territory, me ka ʻike ʻana ua hoʻopau hou ʻo ia i ka papahana 'Terabit Territory' me ke aupuni federal o ka ʻāina, e kau ana i ka ʻenehana 200Gbps ma kāna pūnaewele fiber kūloko.

"Ua hāʻawi mākou i ka Teribit Territory - he 25 mau manawa hoʻonui i ka hiki i Darwin. Ua hoʻouna aku mākou i ke kaula submarine mai Darwin a i nā mokupuni ʻo Tiwi. Ke holomua nei mākou i Project Horizon — he 2,000km pili fiber hou mai Perth a i Port Hedland a i Darwin. A i kēia lā, ua hoʻolaha mākou i ka Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable, ka hui mua o ka submarine honua i Darwin, "wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele a me Luna Hoʻokele o Vocus Group Kevin Russell. "ʻAʻohe mea kelepona ʻē aʻe e kokoke kokoke ana i kēia pae o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana fiber kiʻekiʻe."

Ua loaʻa i nā ala pūnaewele mai Adelaide a Darwin i Brisbane ka hoʻonui ʻana i 200Gpbs, me ka ʻike ʻana o Vocus e hoʻonui hou ʻia kēia i 400Gbps ke loaʻa ka ʻenehana i ke kūʻai aku.

Ua loaʻa kūhelu ʻia ʻo Vocus e Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) a me superannuation fund Aware Super no AU $ 3.5 biliona Back in June.