Maui offers the business world a wealth of telecommunications
capacity. The islands of Hawaii are the hub of a
diversified network of trans-Pacific cable (both
fiber optic and analog), satellite communications,
cellular and wireless services.
This telecommunications infrastructure makes it
more cost effective and faster to communicate with
major Asia-Pacific markets from Hawaii than from
the mainland or from within Asia itself.
Hawaii's Bandwidth
- Hawaii has seven undersea fiber-optic cable
systems connecting Hawaii to the U.S. mainland,
Asia and the rest of the Pacific Rim.
- "Super carrier" TPC5 provides a
separate 200,000 circuit, redundant, self-healing
back-up for the entire fiber cable network in
the Pacific.
- Within the state, there are more than 55,740
km of cable currently installed, with an additional
94,581 km coming on-line -- the largest planned
for any region.
Hawaii Wan...An Integrated Network
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The US-Asia Hub
- Trans-Pacific 3 (TPC-3), the Hawaii 4 (HAW4)
and the Hawaii 5 (HAW5) provide approximately
30, 40 and 70 thousand voice equivalent circuits
respectively.
- Super-carrier TPC-5 has increased the total
capacity by another 130 thousand circuits and
provides a separate, redundant back-up for the
entire fiber cable network in the Pacific.
- Simultaneous voice, data and image transmissions
are securely distributed from Honolulu to major
markets in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan,
Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Phillipines, Singapore,
Taiwan and the U.S. Mainland.
- Four undersea fiber-optic cables connect Hawaii
to these and other destinations.
Southern Cross Cable Network
Southern Cross Cable Network was designed to
remove the bandwidth bottleneck between Australasia
and North America. When complete it will deliver
120 Gbit/s of fully protected capacity between
Australia/New Zealand/Fiji and Hawaii/California,
and 160 Gbit/s between Hawaii and California.
This is 120 times the capacity of the existing
link between Australasia and North America via
the PacRim system - enough to transfer a 780m-high
stack of typed documents or two full-length motion
pictures every second.
For further information, see the Southern
Cross Cable Network website.
Southern Cross Cable Network:
June 2000 Est.
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Agila Footprint Chart
In June 1995 after a competitive international
tender, Aerospatiale was selected by Philippines
Agila Satellite Inc. (PASI) for the implementation
of the Agila satellite communications system.
Agila is the first satellite to cover the Philippines,
South East Asia, and Hawaii from an orbital position
reserved by the Philippine administration at 161
East. For further information, see Philipines
Agila Satellite Inc.
Agila II (1999): Footprint
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Time Warner Telecom Integrated Voice and
Data Services
In January 2004 Time Warner Telecom issued a press
release announcing the extension of its fiber optic
services from Oahu over its 108-mile OC-48 link to
its Central Office in Wailuku, Maui. The connection
enables Maui customers to enjoy the same "carrier
class" services that Time Warner Telecom's Oahu
customers have. This undersea link and 60 local fiber
route miles on Maui delivers these new customers access
to Time Warner Telecom's full suite of redundant and
reliable services, including integrated voice and
data, dedicated Internet access and metro Ethernet.
These services solve customer needs for high-speed
transmission and capacity, business continuity, and
ease of use. For further information, see Time
Warner Telecom.
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