Gondwana-1

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Gondwana-1 is a submarine communications cable network connecting New Caledonia and Australia due to be brought into service in 2008.^{[1][2][update needed]}

The Australian End of the Cable was terminated in Mid November 2007 by the CS Ile de Re Cable Ship ^[3] completing the laying of the cable ^[4]. The Fibre Optic Cable is laid in the Northern Sydney Protection Zone and comes ashore at Narrabeen beach where Southern Cross and the Australia Japan Cable are also laid. Currently the cable is undergoing testing which should take around 6 months before being brought into service.

The Fibre Optic Cable is a two part system, firstly linking New Caledonia to Australia (and then onto the world via the existing Australian Fibre Optic Cables) and a short unrepeated cable from New Caledonia to the Loyalty Islands.

The Need for the cable was the increasing demand for advanced telecommunications such as broadband and 3G Mobile Phones, and due to the high cost of Satellite bandwidth traffic.

[edit] References

1. ^ New Caledonia's OPT and Alcatel sign Euro 42 million contract for new GONDWANA-1 submarine cable network (October 4, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
2. ^ New Caledonia's OPT, Alcatel sign €42m contract for new submarine cable network (October 6, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-04-24.
3. ^ French Connection (November 16, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
4. ^ Nouméa-Sydney connected by submarine cable: a reality today (French) (November 23, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-08.