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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

SubPartners' APX-West cable from Perth to Singapore will finally go ahead [theregister.co.uk], after the company changed its business model to a consortium build.

Mooted for some years now, the company originally wanted to finance and build the cable itself and sell access to all comers. It proved difficult to convince investors, however, so although it had secured landing rights in Australia and Singapore, construction hasn't yet begun.

With carriers Telstra and Singtel signing a memorandum of understanding for all the capacity on the 4,500 km cable, it will now go ahead, with construction expected to finish in 2018.

Each of the two fibre pairs in the system has a minimum design capacity of 10 Tbps, and the cable will land in “facilities operated by the consortium members” in each country.

There's also the tantalising prospect of APX-West improving links between Australia, Europe and the Middle East.

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