SUBCO, Firmus to Double Tasmania’s Undersea Internet Capacity to Mainland

Firmus steps in to fund subsea fibre connection to Tasmania

The AI start-up and IPO hopeful has agreed to underwrite the missing link in Subco’s undersea cable connecting Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

SUBCO to Build Southward With Bernacchi-1

SUBCO and Firmus are teaming up to build some subsea fiber that’s, well, under down under. The new cable will connect the island of Tasmania to the rest of Australia.  It will be the island’s first new fiber connection in a couple of decades. …

SUBCO, Firmus to double Tasmania’s undersea internet capacity to mainland

Tasmania’s undersea cable capacity to mainland Australia is set to double with a fresh link across Bass Strait to be built as part of an agreement between SUBCO and AI factory builder Firmus Technologies. The new undersea route will run from the north of the island state and plug into SUBCO’s new transcontinental cable linking Perth and Sydney via Adelaide and Melbourne across the south of the continent, SMAP. In a joint announcement, the two c…

SUBCO, Firmus to double Tasmania's undersea internet capacity to mainland

New spur from SMAP transcontinental cable system across Bass Strait.