Posted on August 31, 2017
The last couple of months have been busy for the ASC project with the Singapore Land Cable Duct Run (LCDR) construction progressing well, the finalisation of the Perth LCDR design and the rapid progress of ASN’s marine system manufacturing in Europe. Following the signing of Lucky Joint Construction…
Posted on August 25, 2017
In its results release to the ASX today, Vocus confirmed that the build of its Australia Singapore Cable (“ASC”) is scheduled to be delivered ahead of schedule. The ASC was originally scheduled to be delivered in September 2018 but the Company today confirmed that the build has less…
Posted on July 20, 2017
In June, ASC has commenced the construction of the critical on-shore network components of the system in Singapore. The ASC Program of Work is successfully running to budget and ahead of schedule with a Ready-for-Service date bought forward to July 2018. ASC has contracted Lucky Joint Construction to…
Posted on July 05, 2017
In May, ASC successfully concluded its final Technical and Engineering Design Review with its long-term network construction partner Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) at their manufacturing facilities in Calais, France and Greenwich, United Kingdom. The ASC Project Team was led by Mat Shields – Technical…
Posted on April 06, 2017
Vocus Group Limited (ASX:VOC) (Vocus) and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, have finalised the contractual documentation including the final technical specifications for the Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) system. This achieves the next major ASC project milestone. It provides an…
Posted on December 06, 2016
Vocus announced today that it has executed a binding agreement with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), referred to as contract-in-force (CIF), for the construction of the Australia Singapore Cable (ASC). The ASC project is a ~4,600km submarine cable system linking Australia to Singapore, and Indonesia,…
Posted on September 14, 2015
ASC is now fully permitted to operate the Singapore to Western Australia (via Indonesia) submarine cable after receiving the Indonesia Landing Permit approval. The ASC team recently attended the Pacific Telecommunications Council conference in Hawaii where they met with prospective customers and discussed…
Posted on May 01, 2013
The ACMA has granted a non-protection zone permit to lay submarine cable off the coast of Perth. The permit is for a nationally significant fibre-optic submarine cable that will link Perth and Singapore. The permit issued by the ACMA authorises construction of a submarine cable from City Beach in…