Helios
Powering Queensland's only Subsea Cable Landing
Our Brisbane to Sunshine Coast network is specifically designed to support Australia’s growing demand for Subsea Cable Landings. This state-of-the-art infrastructure provides a new, high-capacity pathway linking Brisbane directly to the Sunshine Coast Cable Landing Station.
As a cornerstone of connectivity in South East Queensland, this bespoke network enables a diverse, secondary landing option for submarine cables, ensuring seamless onward transmission and enhanced network reliability.
Technical Specifications
- Adtran FSP3000 Line System
- Adtran FSP3000 Terminals
Ready For Service
August 2023
Capacity Availability
10 - 400Gbps
Connected Facilities
10 Facilities
Service Availability
Connected Metropolitan Regions
Connected Subsea Cables
Lightstorm JGA-S
The Japan-Guam-Australia South (JGA South) Cable is the first cable that landed on the eastern seaboard of Australia outside Sydney. Supplying more than 36Tbps JGA-S spans 7,000km connecting Sydney, Australia and Guam, with a branch to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Entering service in February 2020 the JGA-S cable provides onwards connectivity from WaveSquared's Brisbane to Sunshine Coast Network to Sydney or Guam.
Google Tabua
As part of Google's South Pacific Connect initiative, Tabua will play an integral part of improving connectivity between Australia, the South Pacific and United States. Delivering a plethora of new connectivity to Australia's East Coast, far from existing cable landings in Sydney, providing significant diversity to existing systems.
Announced in October 2023, the Tabua cable will provide multiple onward connectivity options from WaveSquared's Brisbane to Sunshine Coast Network.
