May 16, 2023
Australian dark fibre provider FibreconX and trans-Pacific subcable operator Southern Cross Cables have partnered to deliver high speed international capacity to “all major datacentres” across Sydney.
As has been previously reported in CommsDay, FibreconX has deployed a dark fibre network to around 36 datacentres in Sydney with more to come as new DCs reach completion.
FibreconX has also built a dark fibre network to every corporate building in the Sydney central business district and is now extending this across the harbour to North Sydney.
Southern Cross’s subcable networks originate at Brookvale and Alexandria in Sydney as well as the Equinix S1 facility in Mascot near Sydney Airport, connecting directly to New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii and the west coast of the United States as well as other Pacific island destinations.
“We are continually focused on making access and delivery of our services as quick and easy as possible to meet our customers growth of content and cloud demand. Enabling connectivity between Southern Cross services and FibreconX dark fibre immediately extends accessibility of Southern Cross international capacity to multiple data centres and enterprise offices in the CBD across the FibreconX high quality Sydney network,” said Southern Cross CEO Laurie Miller.
FibreconX said in a statement: “By utilising the core strengths of both networks, we look forward to extending the international service capability to customers in any major data centre in Sydney, all whilst utilising our automated system, FibreconX Fusion, to enable the provision of physical dark fibre services in just 40 seconds.”
Both companies will market the service.
This will see dark fibre sold to a customer for $150 per month, allowing them to connect any equipment to the end point. The offering is designed to enable telco and enterprise users to match the functionality of telcos with their own DC and building fibre networks.
Rafferty added that FibreconX planned to launch a similar dark fibre network offering in Melbourne from August or September, and Brisbane soon after.
The announcement comes on the sidelines of one of the world’s major global telco shows—International Telecoms Week—which commences tonight at the Gaylord Convention Centre in Washington DC.
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