Telikom's PPC-‐1 Pipe Cable System is a fibre-‐optic under-‐sea direct cable link that has a total capacity of 10Gbps and connects Madang to Guam and Madang to Sydney. Integrating communications for a gas production and processing development in the Asia region Global Marine was subcontracted by Saipem to install a 72km pre-laid shore end fibre optic communications cable in Papua New Guinea in 2012. Approximately 24km of the 72km length of the cable was laid. The PPC-1 (PIPE Pacific Cable 1) submarine cable system consists of two segments of digital fiber-optic cable: (1) the Australia-Guam Trunk, connecting Sydney, Australia with Piti, Guam; and (2) the PNG Spur, connecting Madang, Papua New Guinea with a branching unit located on the Australia-Guam. PIPE Pacific Cable (PPC-1) is a 6,900 km submarine cable laid by PIPE Networks. It runs from Cromer, New South Wales, in Australia, to Piti, Guam. It offers a more improved quality and high-‐speed broadband data and voice services to customers in Papua New Guinea and across. Google will build three undersea cables in Papua New Guinea, which have been funded by Australia as part of mutual defence treaty. The cables will provide a key upgrade to PNG's digital backbone and are a part of the Pukpuk Treaty. What's next? Australia is expected to also finance a new. The Coral Sea Cable Company Pty Limited is an Australian registered company, with equal shareholding by The Commonwealth of Australia, PNG DataCo and The Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company. It ensures that the system is.
