Telstra Endeavour
{{short description|Submarine cable system connecting Sydney and Hawaii}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox cable
| cable_name = Telstra Endeavour
| cable_logo =
| cable_type = Fibre-optic
| fate = Active
| predecessor =
| successor =
| construction_beginning =
| construction_finished =
| first_traffic = October 2008
| design_capacity = 1.28 Tbit/s
| lit_capacity = 100 Gbit/s
| built_by = Alcatel-Lucent
| defunct =
| landings = Tamarama Beach, Sydney
Waianae, Hawaii
| area_served = Pacific Ocean
| owner = Telstra
| homepage = [http://www.telstrawholesale.com.au/products/international/endeavour-cable/index.htm Telstra Endeavour Cable]
| footnotes =
}}
The Telstra Endeavour is a submarine cable connecting Sydney and Hawaii. The cable went live in October 2008,{{cite web |url=http://www.commsday.com/node/743|title=Telstra doubling lit capacity on Endeavour Hawaii cable | CommsDay|accessdate=2010-04-16|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231201854/http://commsday.com/node/743|archivedate=31 December 2009|df=dmy-all }} with a capacity of 1.28 terabits per second in the future (currently at 100 gigabits per second). It was proposedTelstra Media Release, "[http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media/mediareleases_article.cfm?ObjectID=39360 Telstra continues aggressive investment with Australia to USA connection]", 28 March 2007Rossi, Sandra, "[http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1750389396&eid=-6787 Telstra unveils largest submarine cable connection to US – 9000km from Sydney to Hawaii]", Computerworld, 29 March 2007 on 28 March 2007 by Telstra, the largest telecommunications carrier in Australia.
Initially with a lit capacity of 80 Gbit/s, Telstra announced an increased capacity to 100 Gbit/s in January 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.telstra.com.au/aboutus/media/media-releases/telstra-hits-100g-on-key-asia-pac-submarine-cables|title=Telstra hits 100G on key Asia-Pac submarine cables|accessdate=2023-07-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118040146/https://www.telstra.com.au/aboutus/media/media-releases/telstra-hits-100g-on-key-asia-pac-submarine-cables|archivedate=18 November 2022|df=dmy-all}}
Landing points
The landing points are:{{cite web|title=Next Generation Cable Systems, Telstra Endeavour, Sydney, Australia to Hawaii, USA|url=http://www.telstra-international.co.uk/uploads/files/telstra_endeavour_sydeny_australia_hawaii_usa.pdf|accessdate=2009-07-09}}
- Tamarama Beach, Sydney, Australia, with termination at Paddington
- Keawaula, Waianae, Hawaii
History
Telstra announced that the cable would connect Sydney and Hawaii with a {{Convert|9000|km|abbr=on|adj=on}} link, the largest ever built and owned by an Australian company, providing a transmission capacity of 1.28 terabit/s to Hawaii. The cable will be linked to others from Hawaii to the US mainland.
The manufacture and laying of the cable was the responsibility of Alcatel-Lucent, through its subsidiary Alcatel Submarine Networks, which also supplied Telstra's two cables across Bass Strait and its Tasman Sea (Tasman 2) cable. Alcatel-Lucent is basing this turn-key projectAlcatel-Lucent media release [http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4w3cQ7SL8h2VAQAu32oaA!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2007/News_Article_000198 Telstra awards Alcatel-Lucent 9,000 km submarine network contract to support IP network transformation strategy], Paris, 28 March 2007 on the "Alcatel 1620 Light Manager"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071023222011/http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/com/en/appcontent/opgss/ds1620LM_1_tcm228-701261635.pdf] submarine line termination equipment that uses dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM). No cost was revealed, however it is estimated around $300 million (AUD).
See also
- Other Australian international submarine cables (and year of first service):
- Pipe Pacific Cable (2009)
- Australia-Japan Cable (2001)
- Southern Cross Cable (2000)
- SEA-ME-WE 3 (2000, Australian portion in service earlier)
- JASURAUS (1997)
- PacRimWest (1995)
References
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{{Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean}}
{{Australia–United States relations}}
Category:Infrastructure completed in 2008
Category:Submarine communications cables in the Pacific Ocean
Category:Australia–United States relations
Category:2008 establishments in Australia
Category:2008 establishments in Hawaii
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