Tonga CableSubmarine Fiber Optic Cable

System

by Laupoini Manu

Presentation OverviewTonga Cable Limited backgroundMarket PositioningTonga-Fiji RouteOptical InfrastructureBackup and RedundancySouthern Cross Cable NetworkIP Transit NetworkTCL Services Offered

Tonga Cable LimitedPublic EnterpriseWholesaling ISP services to local ISPs and

Telecom operatorsTonga Cable project funded by

World BankADBTCC

Supplier of the system was Alcatel Lucent

Market Positioning

Tonga submarine fibre cableCable length –

827kms1 fibre pairSystem Capacity –

320GbpsInitial capacity

configured – 20Gbps

System lifetime – 25yrs

Wet plant + Dry plant

Submarine fibre optic cable system

TCLStation

FintelStation

Cable LayingPLOW ROV

Cable Laying on Seabed

Cable landing in Tonga

Tonga Landing Station

Landing Station equipment

Power Feeding Equipment (PFE)

SLTE

Landing station backup power

Backup and RedundancyTerminal Equipment

are duplicated in both stations.

Hot StandbyCold Standby

Tonga Cable – Southern Cross Equipment Interconnected

Southern Cross Cable Network

Southern Cross Cable Network

TCL IP TRANSIT NETWORK

Service Technical DescriptionService Service FeaturesPremium IP TransitCarrier - Ethernet

Layer 2Layer 3

IP/MPLS and BGP-4 Routing

IPv4IPv6

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