Wahi a ka loea loea ʻAukekulelia o ka pilina hou e hoʻokumu iā Darwin, ke kapikala nui o ka ʻĀkau o ʻAkau, "ma ke ʻano he komo komo hou loa o Australia no ka pilina ʻikepili kūwaho"
Ma mua o kēia pule, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Vocus ua kau inoa ʻo ia i nā ʻaelike e kūkulu i ka ʻāpana hope loa o ka Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable (DJSC) i kakali ʻia, he AU $ 500 miliona pūnaewele e hoʻopili ana iā Perth, Darwin, Port Hedland, Christmas Island, Jakarta, a me Singapore.

Me kēia mau ʻaelike kūkulu hou loa, he $ 100 miliona ka waiwai, hāʻawi kālā ʻo Vocus i ka hana ʻana o ke kaula uila 1,000km e hoʻopili ana i ka Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) i kēia manawa i ka North West Cable System (NWCS) ma Port Hedland. I ka hana ʻana pēlā, ke hana nei ʻo Vocus i ka DJSC, e hāʻawi ana iā Darwin me ka pili mua o ka moku submarine.

Aia ʻo ASC ma kahi o 4,600km, e hoʻohui nei iā Perth ma ke komohana komohana o ʻAukekulelia i Singapore. ʻO ka NWCA, i kēia manawa, holo ʻo 2,100km komohana mai Darwin ma ke kahakai komohana ʻākau o Australia ma mua o ka pae ʻana ma Port Hedland. Mai aneʻi e hoʻopili ʻia ka loulou hou o Vocus i ka ASC.

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

E mākaukau ke kaula uila no ka lawelawe ma waena o 2023.

"ʻO ka Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable kahi hōʻailona nui o ka hilinaʻi i ka Top End ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolako honua no ka pili a me nā ʻoihana uila," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke Kuhina Nui o ka Teritori ʻĀkau ʻo Michael Gunner. "Kūkulu hou kēia iā Darwin ma ke ʻano ʻo ka hoʻokele waiwai kikohoʻe o Northern Australia, a e wehe i ka puka i nā manawa kūpono hou no ka hana ʻana i mua, nā kikowaena kikoʻī a me nā lawelawe hoʻonohonoho kamepiula no nā Teritori a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka."

Akā ʻaʻole wale ia ma ka wahi uwea kaiāulu e hana nei ʻo Vocus e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pilina no ka Teritori ʻĀkau, me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ua hoʻopau hou ʻo ia i ka papahana 'Terabit Teritori' me ke aupuni pekelala o ka ʻāina, e hoʻouka ana i ka ʻenehana 200Gbps ma kāna pūnaewele fiber kūloko.

"Ua hāʻawi mākou i Teritori Teritori - kahi 25-manawa hoʻonui i ka hiki i Darwin. Ua hāʻawi aku mākou i kahi kaula kai lūlū mai Darwin a i nā mokupuni ʻo Tiwi. Ke holomua nei mākou i ka Project Horizon - kahi pilina hou ma kahi o 2000km mai Perth a Port Hedland a ma Darwin. A i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha aku mākou i ka Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable, ka pili kaiāulu kaiāulu mua loa i Darwin, ”i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna hoʻomalu a me CEO ʻo Vocus Group ʻo Kevin Russell. "ʻAʻohe mea lawelawe kelepona ʻē aʻe e hoʻokokoke i kēia pae o ka hoʻopukapuka.

ʻO nā ala pūnaewele mai Adelaide a hiki i Darwin a i Brisbane i loaʻa ka hoʻomaikaʻi i 200Gpbs, me Vocus e hoʻomaopopo nei e hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻia kēia i 400Gbps ke loaʻa ke ʻenehana i kahi kūʻai.

ʻO Vocus iho i loaʻa mana ʻia e Macquarie Infrastructure a me Real Assets (MIRA) a me ka waihona superannuation Aware Super no AU $ 3.5 biliona hoʻi i Iune.