Gondwana-1
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Gondwana-1 is a submarine communications cable
network connecting New Caledonia
and Australia
brought into service in mid 2008.
The cable landing point
s are:
The Australian end of the Cable was terminated in mid November 2007 by the Cable Ship Ile de Re
completing the laying of the cable. The fibre optic cable
is laid in the Northern Sydney
Protection Zone and comes ashore at Narrabeen beach where the Southern Cross Cable
and Australia-Japan Cable
are also laid. The system has been brought into service officially in September 2008. Gondwana drastically boosted the capacity of New Caledonia international gateway and decreased the latency to reach Australia and Western Europe, previously handicapped by being 500 msec round trip delay between Australian and Caledonian satellite teleport. It offers the second fibre access point in South Pacific islands after Fijian access to Southern Cross cable
, commissioned in 2001.
The fibre optic cable
is a two part system, firstly linking New Caledonia
to Australia
(and then on to the world via the existing Australian fibre optic cables
) and a short unrepeated cable from New Caledonia
to the Loyalty Islands
, with a landing stations at Poindimie (Main island), Mouly (Ouvea) and Xepenehe (Lifou).
The need for the cable was the increasing demand for advanced telecommunications such as broadband
and due to the high cost of satellite
bandwidth
.
Submarine communications cable
A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean....
network connecting New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
brought into service in mid 2008.
The cable landing point
Cable landing point
A cable landing point is the location where a submarine or other underwater cable makes landfall. The term is most often used for the landfall points of submarine telecommunications cables and submarine power cables. The landing will either be direct or via a branch from a main cable using a...
s are:
- Narrabeen beach, SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia - Poindimié communePoindimiéPoindimié is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean....
, North ProvinceNorth Province, New CaledoniaThe North Province is one of three administrative subdivisions in New Caledonia. It corresponds to the northern and northeastern portion of the New Caledonian mainland.The provincial government seat is at Koné....
, New Caledonia - Mouli IslandMouli IslandMouli Island is one of the Loyalty Islands, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean...
, Ouvea communeOuvéaOuvéa is a commune in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The settlement of Fayaoué , on Ouvéa Island, is the administrative centre of the commune of Ouvéa. -Geography:...
, Loyalty Islands ProvinceLoyalty IslandsThe Loyalty Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific. They are part of the French territory of New Caledonia, whose mainland is away. They form the Loyalty Islands Province , one of the three provinces of New Caledonia...
, New Caledonia - Xepenehe, Lifou communeLifouLifou is a commune in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean.-Geography:Lifou is made up of Lifou Island, the largest and most heavily populated of the Loyalty Islands, its smaller neighbour Tiga Island, and several uninhabited islets in between these two...
, Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia
The Australian end of the Cable was terminated in mid November 2007 by the Cable Ship Ile de Re
completing the laying of the cable. The fibre optic cable
Optical fiber cable
An optical fiber cable is a cable containing one or more optical fibers. The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with plastic layers and contained in a protective tube suitable for the environment where the cable will be deployed....
is laid in the Northern Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
Protection Zone and comes ashore at Narrabeen beach where the Southern Cross Cable
Southern Cross Cable
The Southern Cross Cable, operated by Bermuda company Southern Cross Cables Limited, is a trans-Pacific network of telecommunications cables commissioned in 2000....
and Australia-Japan Cable
Australia-Japan Cable
The Australia–Japan Cable, or AJC, is a 12,700km submarine telecommunications cable system linking Australia and Japan via Guam that became operational in 2001. It had an original design capacity of 640 Gbit/s, but was initially equipped to utilise only 80 Gbit/s of this capacity. In April 2008 a...
are also laid. The system has been brought into service officially in September 2008. Gondwana drastically boosted the capacity of New Caledonia international gateway and decreased the latency to reach Australia and Western Europe, previously handicapped by being 500 msec round trip delay between Australian and Caledonian satellite teleport. It offers the second fibre access point in South Pacific islands after Fijian access to Southern Cross cable
Southern Cross Cable
The Southern Cross Cable, operated by Bermuda company Southern Cross Cables Limited, is a trans-Pacific network of telecommunications cables commissioned in 2000....
, commissioned in 2001.
The fibre optic cable
Optical fiber cable
An optical fiber cable is a cable containing one or more optical fibers. The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with plastic layers and contained in a protective tube suitable for the environment where the cable will be deployed....
is a two part system, firstly linking New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
(and then on to the world via the existing Australian fibre optic cables
Optical fiber cable
An optical fiber cable is a cable containing one or more optical fibers. The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with plastic layers and contained in a protective tube suitable for the environment where the cable will be deployed....
) and a short unrepeated cable from New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
to the Loyalty Islands
Loyalty Islands
The Loyalty Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific. They are part of the French territory of New Caledonia, whose mainland is away. They form the Loyalty Islands Province , one of the three provinces of New Caledonia...
, with a landing stations at Poindimie (Main island), Mouly (Ouvea) and Xepenehe (Lifou).
The need for the cable was the increasing demand for advanced telecommunications such as broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
and due to the high cost of satellite
Communications satellite
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications...
bandwidth
Bandwidth (computing)
In computer networking and computer science, bandwidth, network bandwidth, data bandwidth, or digital bandwidth is a measure of available or consumed data communication resources expressed in bits/second or multiples of it .Note that in textbooks on wireless communications, modem data transmission,...
.