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A new subsea cable branch connecting Tasmania to mainland Australia - the first in over 20 years. SUBCO CEO Bevan Slattery explains what's being built, why, and what it means for the state.

APX East, its express submarine hypercable between Australia and the United States, has reached Contract in Force (CIF).

SUBCO today announced three new hypercables; APX North, APX East 2 and APX West, cementing demand for new subsea capacity to support AI-driven growth in the region.

SUBCO today announced Ready for Service (RFS) of SMAP, its 5,000 km Sydney–Melbourne–Adelaide–Perth hypercable.

Firmus and SUBCO today announced a landmark agreement to build a new submarine fibre optic cable connecting Tasmania to mainland Australia.

SUBCO today announced the successful completion of the final splice on SMAP, its 5,000 km Sydney–Melbourne–Adelaide–Perth hypercable.

SUBCO today announced that its Sydney–Melbourne route now spans two geographically independent paths, delivering genuine diversity on Australia’s busiest corridor.

SUBCO today announced its latest submarine cable project, APX East, a new express hypercable between Australia and the United States

SUBCO today announced a major construction and service update on transcontinental subsea hypercable SMAP, alongside a series of strategic capacity investments that significantly strengthen Australia’s inter-capital digital connectivity.

SUBCO announced that Australia’s first submarine “hypercable” SMAP is now fully manufactured and is ready for ship loading at the ASN manufacturing factory in Calais, France.

SUBCO today announces a further extension of their strategic partnership to include FiberSense technology on the upcoming SMAP subsea cable connecting Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

SUBCO today announces its partnership with Google to develop new subsea cable landing infrastructure in Australia which will provide new secure and diverse cable landing infrastructure for SUBCO and Google’s upcoming cables.

SUBCO is excited to announce it has increased the fibre capacity of the SMAP cable system connecting Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

SUBCO today announced that it has acquired additional spectrum on the Indigo West cable system from an existing consortium member.

Following the successful upgrade on the Indigo Submarine Cable, SUBCO is once again leveraging Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) technologies to provide a resilient and reliable undersea corridor between Australia and Europe via the Oman Australia Cable (OAC).

SUBCO announced today that it is ready to begin construction on a new transcontinental submarine cable that will connect Sydney, Melbourne (Torquay), Adelaide and Perth (S-M-A-P), with the project having officially achieved Contract in Force (CIF) status

SUBCO today announces its plans to deliver a new diverse landing for its currently 9,800km-long Oman Australia Cable (OAC) by extending a branch to Salalah, Oman

Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “switched on” the new $300 Million highspeed telecommunications cable directly linking Western Australia to key global markets.

SUBCO today announced the final splice of the Oman Australia Cable (OAC) has occurred, marking a major milestone towards completing construction of this important digital infrastructure project.

The world’s first diverse cable between EMEA and Asia is nearing service with SUBCO announcing that the final cable landing for the 10,000km Oman Australia Cable (OAC) was completed in Barka, Oman marking a major milestone for the project.