Third offshore cable now open to traffic – Brinkwire

The $ 500 million high-speed optical fiber cable linking New Zealand to Australia, the Pacific and the United States is open to digital traffic.

The 15,000-kilometer Hawaiki cable will enhance New Zealand's international connectivity.

The cable was launched for the first time in 2012. Construction began in 2016 and lasted 27 months.

It will provide 43 terabytes of additional capacity to the Pacific region, which means the cable will be faster.

Hawaiki Cable's chief operating officer, Ludovic Hutier, said the cable would also improve New Zealand's resilience in the event of a disaster.

The Hawaiki cable takes a different route for both countries. other cables connecting New Zealand to the rest of the world.

If something happened to one or the other of these cables, the Hawaiki cable would be available to secure the inter Mr. Hutier said:

In the Pacific, American Samoa is already connected to cable. There are several branches branched which will allow the future connection of New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga.