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The INDIGO subsea cable system linking Australia with the Southeast Asian region has been commissioned and is ready for use by consortium members, following completion of the Singapore to Perth to Sydney cables.

Telstra is taking up an equity partnership in Southern Cross Cable Networks with an investment that gives it extra capacity in the trans-Pacific subsea cable.

Telecommunications networking equipment, software, and services provider Ciena has been selected by Hawaiki Submarine Cable to upgrade technology to increase capacity on the cable connecting Australia, New Zealand and the US.

Many Australians wish they could switch back to their previous Internet service rather than having to use the country's national broadband network, the NBN, according to newly published research from comparison website, finder.com.au.

Australia's fourth biggest telecommunications company Vocus is upgrading core domestic infrastructure to support what it says is the early customer demand for the Australia Singapore Cable, as the project draws closer to being ready for service.

The Australia Singapore Cable network will open the door for a new strategic data route — the Great Southern Route — connecting South East Asia to North America via Australia, according to owner Vocus, when it opens for business in July 2018.

New Zealand’s largest telco Spark has completed an upgrade to the Nelson-Levin inter-island cable link across the Cook Strait which it says provides improved resiliency.

Telstra has launched a new "Always On" service guarantee for Asia’s busiest subsea cable routes – Hong Kong to Singapore and Japan to Hong Kong.

Optus has delivered its first 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) service for a US-based partner on the Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN) that connects Australia to the United States’ west coast via New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii.

Telstra says its network reach and data centre capabilities to service the rapidly expanding China market have greatly increased due to last month’s acquisition of Pacnet.