Partnership sealed to build new trans-Pacific cable

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[1] New Zealand cable company Hawaiki Cable and SIL Long Term Holdings, the investment vehicle of Sir Eion Edgar, have partnered to build the much awaited Hawaiki submarine cable system.

[2] The new trans-Pacific cable will network New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, as well as a number of South Pacific Islands and Hawaii, by the end of 2017.

[3] The US$300 million cable system will be based on coherent fibre technology and designed to handle a capacity of over 25 Tbps.

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[Source]  Australian Information Technology News – Partnership sealed to build new trans-Pacific cable