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Home > Network/Internet > Southern Cross to complete journey in Coogee

Southern Cross to complete journey in Coogee

The landing and connection in Coogee later this month, when the cable will be connected to a landing station, will complete a nearly five-year journey for Southern Cross.


Julide Gamze Cecen Julide Gamze Cecen
December 4, 2021
3 min read
Southern Cross to complete journey in Coogee

Independent submarine capacity provider, Southern Cross Cables Limited, has announced its Southern Cross NEXT cable (SX NEXT) will complete its cross pacific journey and land in Coogee, New South Wales, later this month. The SX NEXT cable will expand the capacity of Australia’s global connectivity, carrying an additional 72 terabits of data per second in and out of the nation.

The largest capacity route

The cable will be the largest capacity route to connect to Australia, enabling greater high-speed connectivity and lower latency between Australia, New Zealand and the United States via pacific islands Fiji, Tokelau and Kiribati. The additional capacity is the equivalent of streaming more than 4.5 million Ultra HD 4k videos simultaneously.

Southern Cross CEO, Mr. Laurie Miller
Southern Cross CEO, Mr. Laurie Miller

Southern Cross CEO, Mr. Laurie Miller says,

« This cable will provide Australians with an incredible boost to its bandwidth needs at a time when data connectivity has never been higher. We’re increasingly working from home while streaming content at huge rates and in better quality than ever before. The addition of 72 terabits of capacity will provide Australians with a level of assurance that they’ll get the data they need when they need it. Having a high-speed connection of this magnitude directly with the heart of US innovation in California will ensure Australians have the bandwidth they need to remain at the cutting edge of technology. »

Pending weather, the cable landing is slated to take place off the coast of Dunningham Reserve, Coogee Beach, on December 14.

Connecting the World

With the average Australian connecting to the internet via WiFi and 4G/5G technologies, there is a perception that internet connectivity is delivered to Australia wirelessly. Yet it’s estimated that connectivity in and out of a given nation is 99 percent delivered by submarine cables.

There are currently around 12 international submarine cables connecting Australia to the rest of the world, and the SX NEXT cable will be the third cable in the Southern Cross ecosystem, adding the 72 terabits to an existing 20 terabits of the capacity potential of the current Southern Cross systems. Telecommunications companies then work with Southern Cross and other cable providers to secure capacity on the cable for its customers.

Costing an estimated US$350 million to deploy, the SX NEXT cable is among the largest single infrastructure projects in the world and the cable is estimated to span approximately 15,857 kilometers along the seafloor between the aforementioned six nations.

The project initially began in 2017 with an undersea survey which maps the seafloor to determine the ideal and safest route upon which to deploy the cable so it can best avoid trenches and potential landslides, and even such hazards as shipwrecks, while also considering the shortest route possible to maximize the speed of data delivery between each nation. Once mapped, Southern Cross’ provider began deploying the cable along the route.

Key facts about Submarine Cables

The landing and connection in Coogee later this month, when the cable will be connected to a landing station, will complete a nearly five-year journey for Southern Cross.

  • The first submarine communications cable was launched in 1850 from England to France, spanning 20 miles (32km).
  • A traditional deep-sea submarine cable typically measures between 17mm and 21mm thick, or no thicker than a standard garden hose.
  • It’s estimated there are 436 submarine cables spanning 1.3 million kilometers in service today.
  • Most cables have a design life of about 25 years –The SX NEXT project represents the first step in the commissioning of replacement cables for the existing Southern Cross cables by 2030 when the two existing systems are planned for retirement.
  • Southern Cross has invested more than US$1.5bn in its existing network over the last 20 years.

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Julide Gamze Cecen

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Julide Gamze Cecen is the multimedia editor of the Cloud7 News. Julide is a solid Linux user, opensource and cybersecurity enthusiast and a front-end web application developer.

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