Hawaiki Cable plans Hawaiki Nui trans-pacific submarine cable network
Hawaiki Submarine Cable Limited Partnership (Hawaiki) has unveiled plans to deploy the Hawaiki Nui submarine cable network. The estimated 22,000-km subsea network will leverage spatial division multiplexing (SDM) to connect Southeast Asia, Australasia, and North America. Telecom operator PT Mora Telematika Indonesia (Moratelindo) will serve as Hawaiki’s strategic partner for Indonesia.
Construction on Hawaiki Nui will begin next year, with the submarine cable network ready for service (RFS) in 2025. The system (whose name means “The Great Hawaiki” in Polynesian) will have a design capacity of 240 Tbps.
Singapore, Sydney, and Los Angeles will serve as the submarine network’s main hubs. Among the undersea system’s landing sites will be Jakarta and Batam, making Hawaiki Nui the first cable system to deliver Indonesia connectivity to Singapore, Australia, and the U.S. simultaneously. The subsea cable also will be the first international undersea cable to land in the South Island of New Zealand; the network will link Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill directly to Australia. Two branches will then connect to Oahu and the Big Island in Hawaii.
In Australia, Hawaiki Nui will connect Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Darwin, with onward connectivity to Singapore and Los Angeles.
“Coupled with the existing Hawaiki cable, Hawaiki Nui will significantly expand our subsea network and offer unparalleled connectivity and redundancy to customers operating in the Asia-Pacific region,” said Remi Galasso, founder and executive chairman of Hawaiki. “An all-in-one submarine cable infrastructure with multiple international and domestic routes embedded in the same system, Hawaiki Nui has been designed to deliver direct connectivity through new subsea paths and provide optimal diversity.”
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