Pacific Fibre And TE Subcom Complete Permitting Study For Trans-Pacific Subsea Cable System
Marine Route Survey Begins for Record-Breaking 12,950km System
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND and MORRISTOWN, NJ, USA – February 29, 2012 – Pacific Fibre and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd.
company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology,today announced the completion of their
Californian and Australian landings Desk Top Study (DTS) and Californian permitting study for the 12,950km
two-cablePacific Fibre undersea cable system that will link Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
The permitting study, conducted by TE SubCom, identified all necessary permits needed along the route for the
Californian landing as well as appropriate agencies, timetables and dependencies required for approvals. During the
study, TE SubCom’s permitting experts met with permitting authorities and affected fisheries to introduce the project,
gain preliminary approvals and obtain input on the route. With initial approvals attained, the project is now set to
move forward with the marine route study.
“Conductingthis DTS and the Californian permitting study process signifies forward growth for us, and we’re excited to
have reached their conclusion,” said Mark Rushworth, CEO, Pacific Fibre. “With all systems go, we’re ready to begin the
next phase of the project and move one step closer to its completion.”
“In our experience, early review and support from Californian fisheries is vital to a successful project
implementation,” said David Coughlan, CEO, TE SubCom. “The completion of these studies helps to mitigate permitting
risks while allowing the project to stay on course for a timely installation.”
Scheduled to be finalized in 2014, the Pacific Fibre system will meet the increasing demand for international bandwidth
in Australia and New Zealand. Upon the project’s completion, the system will be the highest-capacity-per-fiber-pair
system longer than 10,000km, boasting a significantly higher cross sectional capacity than any other trans-Pacific
cable.
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About Pacific Fibre
Pacific Fibre was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. The Pacific Fibre shareholders include
a number of successful entrepreneurs with proven track records, including Sam Morgan, Rod Drury, Sir Stephen Tindall,
David Kirk MBE, and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel.
The Pacific Fibre cable will be one of the longest and most technically advanced cable systems when it goes live in
2014. It will link Los Angeles directly to Auckland, New Zealand and then continue to Sydney, Australia via a
trans-Tasman link and will offer the fastest route from Australia and New Zealand to the United States. With an initial
design speed of 10.2Tbps using 40Gbps technology, it will have the largest forecast capacity of any cable in the region.
The design also supports upgradeabilityto 100Gbps technology, and there is potential to upgrade beyond this in the
future as technology develops. Pacific Fibre will operate a POP to POP policy allowing customers to connect at
conventional peering points, with customer friendly interfaces.
For more information visit www.pacificfibre.net.
About TE SubCom
TE SubCom (SubCom), a TE Connectivity Ltd. company, is an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology and
marine services and a leading global supplier for today’s undersea communications requirements. Drawing on its heritage
of technical innovation and industry recognized performance, SubCom delivers the most reliable, high quality solutions
to organizations with undersea communications needs vital to their core mission. The company designs, manufactures and
installs systems around the world, and has deployed more than 490,000km of subsea communication cable—or enough to
circle the earth more than 12 times at the equator SubCom’s global presence, backed by industry leading research and
development laboratories, manufacturing facilities, installation and maintenance ships,depots, and management team work
together to implement integrated solutions and network upgrades, with unsurpassed reliability, that support the needs of
telecommunications, internet providers, offshore and science customers worldwide.
For more information visit www.SubCom.com.
About TE Connectivity
TE Connectivity is a global, $14 billion company that designs and manufactures approximately 500,000 products that
connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products that touch every aspect of our lives. Our nearly
100,000 employees partner with customers in virtually every industry—from consumer electronics, energy and healthcare,
to automotive, aerospace and communication networks—enabling smarter, faster, bettertechnologies to connect products to
possibilities. More information on TE Connectivity can be found at http://www.te.com.
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