Uchwepheshe we-fiber wase-Australia uthi ukuxhumana okusha kuzosungula iDarwin, inhloko-dolobha yaseNyakatho Yesifunda, "njengendawo entsha yokungena yase-Australia yokuxhumana kwedatha yamazwe ngamazwe"
Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, iVocus imemezele ukuthi isisayine izinkontileka zokwakha ingxenye yokugcina ye-Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable (DJSC) osekunesikhathi ilindelwe, i-AU$500 million uhlelo lwekhebula oluxhuma iPerth, iDarwin, Port Hedland, Christmas Island, Jakarta, naseSingapore.

Ngalezi zinkontileka zokwakha zakamuva, ezibiza u-AU$100 wezigidi, iVocus ixhasa ngezimali ukwakhiwa kwekhebula elingu-1,000km elixhumanisa i-Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) neNorth West Cable System (NWCS) ePort Hedland. Ngokwenza kanjalo, i-Vocus idala i-DJSC, ihlinzeka i-Darwin ngoxhumo lwayo lokuqala lwamazwe ngamazwe lwekhebula elingaphansi kwamanzi.

Njengamanje i-ASC ibanga u-4,600km, ixhumanisa iPerth ogwini olusentshonalanga ye-Australia neSingapore. I-NWCA, ngakolunye uhlangothi, igijima amakhilomitha angu-2,100 entshonalanga isuka eDarwin eduze nogu olusenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Australia ngaphambi kokuhlala ePort Hedland. Kuzosuka lapha lapho isixhumanisi esisha se-Vocus sizoxhumeka ku-ASC.

Ngakho-ke, uma sekuqediwe, i-DJSC izoxhuma i-Perth, i-Darwin, i-Port Hedland, i-Christmas Island, i-Indonesia, ne-Singapore, inikeze amandla angu-40Tbps.

Ikhebula kulindeleke ukuthi libe selilungele ukusebenza maphakathi no-2023.

"Ikhebula laseDarwin-Jakarta-Singapore liwuphawu olukhulu lokuzethemba i-Top End njengomhlinzeki wamazwe omhlaba wokuxhumanisa nezimboni zedijithali," kusho uNgqongqoshe Omkhulu Wendawo Yesifunda saseNyakatho uMichael Gunner. "Lokhu kuphinde kuqinise iDarwin njengomnotho wedijithali othuthuke kakhulu eNyakatho ye-Australia, futhi kuzovula umnyango wamathuba amasha okukhiqiza okuthuthukile, izikhungo zedatha kanye nezinsizakalo zamakhompiyutha ezisekelwe emafini kubantu baseTerritoria nabatshalizimali."

Kodwa akukhona kuphela endaweni yekhebula engaphansi kolwandle lapho i-Vocus isebenzela khona ukuthuthukisa ukuxhumana kwe-Northern Territory, iphawula ukuthi futhi isanda kuphothula iphrojekthi ye-'Terabit Territory' eduze nohulumeni wobumbano wesifunda, isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obungu-200Gbps kunethiwekhi yendawo yefayibha.

“Silethe iTerabit Territory - ukwanda komthamo izikhathi ezingama-25 singena eDarwin. Silethe ikhebuli ehamba ngaphansi kolwandle ukusuka e-Darwin kuya e-Tiwi Islands. Sithuthukela i-Project Horizon — uxhumano olusha lwefayibha engu-2,000km ukusuka e-Perth ukuya e-Port Hedland nokungena e-Darwin. Futhi namuhla simemezele i-Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable, umkhumbi-ngwenya wokuqala oxhumanisa i-Darwin,” kusho umqondisi ophethe weVocus Group kanye ne-CEO uKevin Russell. "Akekho omunye osebenza ngezingcingo osondela kuleli zinga lokutshalwa kwezimali kwingqalasizinda yefayibha ephezulu."

Imizila yenethiwekhi esuka e-Adelaide iya e-Darwin eya e-Brisbane ithole ukuthuthukela ku-200Gpbs, i-Vocus iphawula ukuthi lokhu kuzothuthukiswa futhi ku-400Gbps uma ubuchwepheshe butholakala ngokuthengisa.

I-Vocus ngokwayo yatholwa ngokusemthethweni yi-Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) kanye nesikhwama sempesheni i-Aware Super ngo-AU$3.5 billion Emuva ngoJuni.