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Southern Cross Cable achieves 1 Tb/s transpacific milestone

Thu, 16th Jan 2025
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Southern Cross Cable has achieved a global first with a 1 Tb/s single-carrier wavelength connection across its 13,500-kilometre network, enhancing transpacific connectivity.
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Equinix is Southern Cross NEXT Subsea cable's gateway

Wed, 27th Sep 2023
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Equinix expands its partnership with Southern Cross Cables as a vital U.S. interconnectivity point for the SX NEXT submarine cable system.
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FiberSense and Southern Cross Cable Network announce further expansion

Thu, 8th Sep 2022
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Deep-tech fibre sensing company FiberSense and critical infrastructure owner Southern Cross Cable Network have announced a further expansion.
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Southern Cross Cable launches the SX NEXT cable to connect NZ to the world

Thu, 7th Jul 2022
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New submarine cable launched to enhance connectivity between New Zealand, Australia, and the US, doubling capacity.
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Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable touches down at Auckland's Takapuna Beach

Tue, 29th Jun 2021
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Auckland's Takapuna Beach is the landing point for a submarine cable that boosts New Zealand's international connectivity by almost 100%.
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Southern Cross Cable selects Pioneer Consulting for shipboard representation

Fri, 19th Feb 2021
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Pioneer Consulting to oversee shipboard operations for the NEXT trans-Pacific submarine cable system by Southern Cross Cable Network.
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Southern Cross Cable Network gains FCC approval for new system

Tue, 28th Jul 2020
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The Southern Cross Cable Network's NEXT cable system is set to go ahead following the US Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) landing license approval.
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Superloop is now a direct customer of the Southern Cross cable system

Mon, 9th Jul 2018
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The agreement will provide Superloop with high capacity connectivity between its locations in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
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Plans for $350m cable project in motion following successful seabed survey

Tue, 15th Aug 2017
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Southern Cross Cables and EGS complete seafloor survey for $350m undersea cable to connect Australia, New Zealand and US.
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2degrees leaves other telcos in dust as 100GbE comes to town

Tue, 2nd Aug 2016
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2degrees is the first telco in NZ to activate its 100GbE interconnect to the Southern Cross Cable Network, responding to Kiwis' data appetites.
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Equinix data centers anchor Southern Cross Cable

Tue, 19th Jan 2016
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The Southern Cross cable system offers protected trans-pacific routes among Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States.
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Vocus to spend US$58.5m to beef up Southern Cross Cable

Fri, 20th Feb 2015
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It will increase the firm's existing capacity by almost 10 times to ensure it will continue to meet the rapid growth in internet data demand.
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ICE Tech 360 initiative prepares emerging talent for tech jobs

Thu, 16th Oct 2014
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Emerging talent in NZ gains a pathway into tech jobs with ICE Tech 360, a unique initiative offering graduates extensive work experience.
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Southern Cross Cable CEO slams 'total nonsense' spy claims

Tue, 16th Sep 2014
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Southern Cross undersea cables untouched by surveillance, says CEO Anthony Briscoe, refuting claims made by journalist Glenn Greenwald.
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Redundancy - How will a new international cable benefit NZ?

Tue, 2nd Sep 2014
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DTS CEO Brendan Ritchie writes the third of his three part series of posts on the subject of the additional undersea cables planned for New Zealand in.
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Pricing: How will a new international cable benefit NZ?

Wed, 13th Aug 2014
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DTS CEO Brendan Ritchie writes the second of his three part series of posts on the subject of the additional undersea cables planned for New Zealand i.
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How will a new international cable benefit NZ?

Tue, 12th Aug 2014
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DTS CEO Brendan Ritchie writes the first of his three part series of posts on the subject of the additional undersea cables planned for New Zealand in.
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Plan B pounces on changing ICT market with bold data centre move

Wed, 2nd Jul 2014
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Plan B is branching out to offer production data centre hosting, via a new independent, connected data centre network, and has committed $30 million.
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Telecom claims satellite station contract

Fri, 27th Sep 2013
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Telco awarded contract to establish and manage one of Inmarsat's Pacific Ocean Region (POR) satellite access stations (SAS) for Global Xpress (GX).
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Mobile business props up dwindling Telecom sales

Fri, 22nd Feb 2013
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Telecom eked out a 3.7 percent lift in first-half underlying earnings as revenue from its mobile business propped up otherwise disappointing sales.