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A new access point for the Tasman Global Access (TGA) fibre optic network marks the first direct connection between Sydney and Hamilton, offering additional resilience to New Zealand’s already strong telco infrastructure and increasing the amount of capacity available to be used on the cable.
The TGA forms part of the mission-critical backbone of the internet, linking New Zealand with Australia. The cable also serves as an important digital link to Asia via the five major international cable systems currently connecting Australia.
Prior to this upgrade, the original TGA network included the trans-Tasman submarine cable and existing optic networks which connected PoPs (points of presence) in Sydney and Auckland only.
Mark Beder, Spark Technology Director said: “Demand for digital services in New Zealand is growing exponentially every year and expanding capacity through the TGA cable (alongside our other submarine cable capacity investments in Southern Cross and the SX Next cable), will ensure internet service providers can continue to deliver excellent connectivity for customers.
To date, we have expanded capacity on the TGA cable to 2.4 Tbps of data usage, which is equivalent to at least 100,000 simultaneous 4K video streams. This is less than 10% of what the cable is capable of, meaning we can continue to invest in additional capacity upgrades to support Kiwi’s ever increasing appetite for digital services.”
The new TGA access point also means businesses in the Hamilton area no longer need to use Auckland as a PoP and can now connect internationally via Hamilton to Sydney and beyond.
Talk to our team today for low latency, high volume and resilient international data connectivity across Asia-Pacific.
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