Telstra Endeavour Submarine Cable System Overview

The Telstra Endeavour submarine cable system is a linear single span system between Sydney and Hawaii. The Telstra Endeavour submarine cable system provides an improvement in latency over existing submarine cable systems, with 90ms (Sydney-Hawaii) and 138ms (Sydney-Los Angeles via Endeavour and AAG), it is now the shortest path from Australia to the USAs. The Telstra Endeavou offers an alternative trans-pacific route, improving flexibility and reliability of the submarine networks.

Cable System:

• Telstra Endeavour

Cable Length:

• 9,120 Km

Design Capacity:

• 1.28 Tbps
• 2 fiber pairs

Lit Capacity:

• 80 Gbps (initial capacity)
• 160 Gbps (first upgrade in 2010)

Ready for Service Date:

• September, 2008

Investment Type::

• Private

Initial Investment:

Owner(s):

• Telstra

Landing Stations:

• Tamarama Beach, Sydney (terminal equipment installed at Paddington, Sydney), New South Wales, Australia
• Keawaula, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Vendor:

• Alcatel-Lucent