By Ry Crozier on May 4, 2021 11:05AM
Connecting Geraldton and Port Hedland.
Vocus will deploy a 2000km high-capacity fibre link between Geraldton and Port Hedland in Western Australia by the end of next year.
Codenamed ‘Project Horizon’, it is designed to provide a “missing link … between Port Hedland, where [Vocus’] North West Cable System from Darwin lands, and Geraldton, where [the company’s] terrestrial network ends,” chief operating officer Ellie Sweeney told the
CommsDay Summit in Sydney.
“The first stage of this program of work is now underway,” she said.
“Project Horizon has been part of our long-term network extension plans for several years, and the high-level design work has already been completed.