Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Hawaiian Telcom to secure significant international capacity on the Southeast Asia-United States trans-Pacific fiber cable system from Guam to Los Angeles.
The deal enables Hawaiki to expand its subsea network with a new route linking Sydney, Guam, Hawaii and Los Angeles. It will offer greater connectivity and route diversity to organizations operating between Australia and the U.S.
Hawaiki Submarine Cable recently acquired capacity on JGA-South cable from Sydney to Guam.
“This expansion announced today marks a new milestone for Hawaiki, greatly increasing both our reach within the Pacific region and the flexibility of our industry-leading network infrastructure,” Hawaiki CEO Remi Galasso said in a statement.
Hawaiki owns and operates the Hawaiki Transpacific Cable.
Launched in July 2018, and spanning 9,320 miles, it is the fastest and largest capacity link connecting New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii and the mainland U.S.,
with a design capacity of 67 terabits per second.
The SEA-US Cable, which went into service in August 2017, runs a similar length to connect Indonesia, the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii and California, and is owned and operated by a consortium of regional telcos, including Hawaiian Telcom. JGA-South Cable came into service in March 2020, spanning 4,349 miles from Sydney to Guam.
The upgraded configuration complements Hawaiki’s existing express link with a redundant path between Australia and the U.S., including diverse landings in Oregon and California.
