Connection will tie remote territory to Darwin in North Australia
, named Bosun after an iconic Christmas Island bird, will connect into comms company Vocus Group's Australia Singapore Cable that runs up through Indonesia and onto Singapore.
Although part of Australia now, Christmas Island was once a part of Singapore and sits 350 kilometers south of Java, Indonesia. It's home to roughly 2,500 inhabitants and lies 2,600 kilometers northwest of Perth in a kind of midway point between Australia and Southeast Asia, making it a good node for connecting onward.
Darwin, the capital city of Australia's Northern Territory, is about 2,700 km from Christmas Island.Chinese ship casts shadow over Baltic subsea cable snipfestGoogle is a part of the Australia Connect initiative, which seeks to strengthen Australia's connections with Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and other regions. NEXTDC, SUBCO, Vocus, along with state and local governments in Darwin, Perth, and the Sunshine Coast, are also part of the effort.
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