Uchwepheshe we-fiber wase-Australia uthi ukuxhumana okusha kuzosungula iDarwin, inhloko-dolobha yaseNyakatho Yesifunda, "njengendawo entsha yokungena yase-Australia yokuxhumana kwedatha yamazwe ngamazwe"
Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, iVocus imemezele ukuthi isisayine izinkontileka zokwakha ingxenye yokugcina ye-Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable (DJSC), okuwuhlelo lwekhebula oluyi-AU$500 million oluxhuma iPerth, iDarwin, iPort Hedland, iChristmas Island, iJakarta neSingapore.

Ngalezi zinkontileka zokwakha zakamuva, ezibiza u-AU$100 wezigidi, iVocus ixhasa ngezimali ukwakhiwa kwekhebula elingu-1,000km elixhumanisa i-Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) neNorth West Cable System (NWCS) ePort Hedland. Ngokwenza kanjalo, i-Vocus idala i-DJSC, ihlinzeka i-Darwin ngoxhumo lwayo lokuqala lwamazwe ngamazwe lwekhebula elingaphansi kwamanzi.

Njengamanje i-ASC ibanga u-4,600km, ixhumanisa iPerth ogwini olusentshonalanga ye-Australia neSingapore. I-NWCA, ngakolunye uhlangothi, igijima amakhilomitha angu-2,100 entshonalanga isuka eDarwin eduze nogu olusenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Australia ngaphambi kokuhlala ePort Hedland. Kuzosuka lapha lapho isixhumanisi esisha se-Vocus sizoxhumeka ku-ASC.

Ngakho-ke, uma sekuqediwe, i-DJSC izoxhuma i-Perth, i-Darwin, i-Port Hedland, i-Christmas Island, i-Indonesia, ne-Singapore, inikeze amandla angu-40Tbps.

Ikhebula kulindeleke ukuthi libe selilungele ukusebenza maphakathi no-2023.

"Ikhebula laseDarwin-Jakarta-Singapore liwuphawu olukhulu lokuzethemba i-Top End njengomhlinzeki wamazwe omhlaba wokuxhumanisa nezimboni zedijithali," kusho uNgqongqoshe Omkhulu Wendawo Yesifunda saseNyakatho uMichael Gunner. "Lokhu kuphinde kuqinise iDarwin njengomnotho wedijithali othuthuke kakhulu eNyakatho ye-Australia, futhi kuzovula umnyango wamathuba amasha okukhiqiza okuthuthukile, izikhungo zedatha kanye nezinsizakalo zamakhompiyutha ezisekelwe emafini kubantu baseTerritoria nabatshalizimali."

Kodwa akukhona kuphela endaweni yekhebula engaphansi kolwandle lapho i-Vocus isebenzela khona ukuthuthukisa ukuxhumana kwe-Northern Territory, iphawula ukuthi futhi isanda kuphothula iphrojekthi ye-'Terabit Territory' eduze nohulumeni wobumbano wesifunda, isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obungu-200Gbps kunethiwekhi yendawo yefayibha.

"Silethe i-Terabit Territory - ukukhuphuka komthamo izikhathi ezingu-25 eDarwin. Silethe intambo ehamba ngaphansi kwamanzi esuka e-Darwin kuya e-Tiwi Islands. Siqhubekisela phambili i-Project Horizon - uxhumano olusha lwe-fiber engu-2,000km ukusuka e-Perth ukuya e-Port Hedland nokungena e-Darwin. Futhi namuhla simemezele i-Darwin-Jakarta, ukuxhumana kwe-Darwin-Jakarta yokuqala e-Darwins's Singapore yokuqala," umqondisi ophethe kanye ne-CEO uKevin Russell. "Akekho omunye osebenza ngezingcingo osondela kuleli zinga lokutshalwa kwezimali kwingqalasizinda yefiber enamandla."

Imizila yenethiwekhi esuka e-Adelaide iya e-Darwin eya e-Brisbane ithole ukuthuthukela ku-200Gpbs, i-Vocus iphawula ukuthi lokhu kuzothuthukiswa futhi ku-400Gbps uma ubuchwepheshe butholakala ngokuthengisa.

I-Vocus ngokwayo yatholwa ngokusemthethweni yi-Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) kanye nesikhwama sempesheni i-Aware Super ngo-AU$3.5 billion Emuva ngoJuni.