Editing Telecommunications in Australia (section)

===Submarine cables===
Due to Australia's large size, sparse population, and relative remoteness to other countries, a significant amount of infrastructure is required for Internet communications. The vast majority of Australia's international telecommunications transit capacity is sourced from undersea several [[fibre-optic cable]]s to Asia and the US: 
*[[Southern Cross Cable]]s to [[New Zealand]], [[Hawaii]] and the US mainland with a capacity of 620&nbsp;Gbit/s, with planned upgrade in Q2 2012.
*[[Southern Cross Cable]]s to [[Fiji]], Hawaii and the US mainland with a capacity of 620&nbsp;Gbit/s, with planned upgrade in the Q2 2012.
*[[Australia-Japan Cable]] to [[Guam]] and [[Japan]]. Primarily used as an alternative path to the United States with a capacity of 320&nbsp;Gbit/s.
*[[SEA-ME-WE 3 (cable system)|Sea-Me-We3]] to [[Indonesia]] and onto Asia, Middle East, the United States and other destinations with a capacity of 40&nbsp;Gbit/s.{{dubious|date=December 2013}}
*[[APNG-2 (cable system)|APNG2]] (previously part of Pac Rim West) to [[Papua New Guinea]] with a capacity of 2x565&nbsp;Mbit/s.
*[https://subpartners.net/indigo.html INDIGO-West] (linking Perth to Jakarta and Singapore.
*[[Gondwana-1]] to [[New Caledonia]].
*[[Tasman Global Access|TGA]] to [[New Zealand]].
*[[Pipe Pacific Cable|PPC-1]] (a joint venture of [[PIPE Networks]] and [[Videsh Sanchar Nigam]]) to [[Guam]] with lit capacity of 80&nbsp;Gbit/s, and potential capacity of 2.56&nbsp;Tbit/s.<ref>[http://www.itnews.com.au/News/157753,ppc-1-delivers-more-speed-than-expected.aspx ITNews, PPC-1 delivers more speed than expected by Ben Grubb Oct 8, 2009]</ref>
*[[Telstra Endeavour]] to Hawaii with a capacity of 320&nbsp;Gbit/s.