Tata Communications from today offers a new alternate connectivity to Australia which it claims is more cost effective. The enhanced connectivity is possible through the PIPE Pacific 1 (PPC-1) cable system.

The unique feature of the 6,900 km two-fibre-pair-cable system is that it offers city-to-city capacity connectivity between Guam territory of USA to Sydney outdoing the need for backhaul connections. The PPC-1 is believed to be carrier neutral.

Currently connectivity to Australia is generally carried over through the AJC and Southern Cross cable systems.

The PPC-1 will now land directly into Tata Communications’ Guam cable landing station which will be integrated with the Tata Global Network (TGN). “This enables connectivity from Sydney to the rest of the world via Tata Communications’ extensive subsea cable network including TGN-Intra Asia to the Asian region, and TGN-Pacific for onward connectivity from Japan to the USA,” says Tata Communications.

“The partnership between Tata Communications and PIPE Networks extends the PPC-1 cable system from Australia to the rest of the world, adding much-needed route diversity and carrier neutrality to this growing market. This extension to Australia from Asia through our partner PIPE Networks, comes just weeks after our announcement of our expansion into Africa via the SEACOM cable system.  We are pleased that our plans for global leadership in the submarine cable network have been pushed up another notch,” says Simon Cooper, Tata Communications’ Vice President for International Network Development.