Coral Sea Cable System
| Coral Sea Cable System (CS²) | |
|---|---|
| Cable type | Fiber optic cable |
| operator | Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company Ltd |
| Landing points | Auki , Honiara , Noro , Taro (all Solomon Islands ), Port Moresby ( Papua New Guinea ), Sydney ( Australia ) |
| overall length | 4,700 km |
| speed | 40 Tbit / s |
| cables | 8 (4 pairs) |
| active since | February 2020 |
The Coral Sea Cable System (CS²) is a submarine cable that connects the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea with Australia . It was completed on December 12, 2019 and put into operation in February 2020. It is the first submarine cable that connects the Solomon Islands to the Internet.
The cable runs from Sydney in Australia to a distribution point in the Coral Sea , from which a strand with two pairs of lines each runs to Port Moresby in New Guinea and Honiara on Guadalcanal . There it is connected to the Solomon Islands Domestic Network , which was built at the same time , a 730 km long submarine cable that connects Honiara with the landing points Auki on Malaita , Noro on New Georgia and Taro on Taro Island .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Coral Sea Cable System Overview on Submarine Cable Networks, December 13, 2019, accessed May 10, 2020