Tasman Global Access (TGA) is a consortium cable connecting Australia & New Zealand. Partners in the cable are Spark New Zealand, Vodafone New Zealand, and Australia's Telstra. The 2,300 km project was launched in 2014 & was ready for service by March 2017. Its design capacity, using 100 Gbps wavelengths, is 20 Tbps.
Lands at:
- Raglan, Waikato, New Zealand
- Narrabeen Beach, New South Wales, Australia
Additional Resources:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190706083107/https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-trans-tasman-cable-to-be-laid-in-2015/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190706083112/https://www.raglan23.co.nz/news/tasman-global-access-cable-on-track-for-completion-to-raglan-vodafone/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190706083116/https://news.vodafone.co.nz/article/tasman-global-access-cable-goes-live-improving-new-zealands-connectivity-world
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190706083130/https://www.capacitymedia.com/articles/3687466/spark-vodafone-telstra-launch-tasman-global-access-cable