Google is expanding its Australia Connect initiative with two new subsea cables connecting Australia with Christmas Island.
The Bosun subsea cable, named after Christmas Island’s White-tailed “Bosun” tropicbird, will connect Darwin, Australia to the island which has onward connectivity to Singapore.
A second interlink cable will then connect Melbourne, Perth, and Christmas Island, with the Melbourne section connecting to the Honomoana cable system, part of the Pacific Connect initiative, creating a new interconnection point for services from the US to Asia.
“Once operational, Bosun and the interlink cable will deliver new digital pathways for Australia, enhancing the reliability and resilience of the Internet within the country and throughout the Indo-Pacific region,” Brian Quigley, VP for global network infrastructure at Google Cloud wrote in a blog post.
