Indigo West Submarine Cable

Indigo is a two fibre pair open cable design that utilises spectrum sharing technology and spans approximately 9000 km connecting singpore to perth and perth to sydney.

Indigo west submarine cable.

Commissioning of the submarine cable system has now began with the indigo cable system on schedule and on track to be ready for service before mid 2019. Indigo west delivers cost effective reliable low latency and diverse connectivity between singapore perth. The indigo cable system is formerly named as apx west. Sub co provides cable system design consultation and can also assist with cable systems development and associated assets.

This marks the completion of the marine installation of both the 4600km singapore to perth indigo west submarine cable and 4600km perth to sydney indigo central submarine cable. Indigo west indigo central the basics. The indigo cable system spans 9200km consists of two distinct cable projects indigo. With ownership interests in indigo west and central cable assets as well as the oac cable project sub co is demonstrating a commitment to investment in strategic submarine cable assets helping fuel the growth in cloud connectivity around the world.

The indigo west and indigo central cables are expected to begin operation in the first quarter of 2019. According to telstra global the indigo consortium announed on wednesday 19 septermber 2018 a significant milestone in the implementation of the indigo subsea cable system with the landing of the indigo west cable at floreat beach in perth this marks the completion of work to lay the first section of cable across approximately 2400km from christmas island to perth. Essentially they are two discrete systems as follows. Subpartners is committed to a vision that delivers a new paradigm in independent submarine cable development.

The two discrete systems are known as indigo west and indigo central. In april 2017 aarnet google indosat ooredoo singtel subpartners and telstra announced they have entered into an agreement with alcatel submarine networks asn to build the indigo cable system that will connect singapore indonesia and australia. Through trusted relationships and partnerships subpartners has been the promoter of a consortium to build the indigo west indigo central cable systems connecting singapore to sydney. The consortium behind these two systems includes a research educational network aarnet a content provider google and four carriers ooredoo indosat singtel superloop and telstra.

Indigo is a two fibre pair open cable design that utilises spectrum sharing technology and will span approximately 9000 km connecting singapore to perth and perth to sydney.