Trident Subsea Cable Brouchure

The Trident Project A network of opportunity Connecting Australia to South East Asia and beyondThree Countries | One SolutionSingapore Indonesia Australia

Singapore Jakarta Port Hedland Brisbane Karratha Onslow Adelaide Perth Sydney Canberra Melbourne



Communications infrastructurefor the futureTrident Subsea Cable is building a state-of-the-art fibre opticnetwork strategically designed to link Australia’s major cities toSouth East Asia and the rest of the world.Global demand for high bandwidth and low latency Today, bandwidth capability along this route isdata transmission continues to grow rapidly, driven limited and the cable is approximately 15 years old,by strong consumer demand and business needs for with an unknown remaining lifespan and recente ciency and communication network-based history of long-term downtime.business models. The alternative is to rely on the nation’s east coastWith the increasing trend towards media-rich cable systems, however, capacity demand growth iscontent and data-intensive applications – such as switching from Australia’s east coast to its west coastlocation-independent cloud services, real-time due to greater integration with Asia. Considering the limitations of existing network nancial transactions, streaming entertainment, options and data transmission growth betweendistance education, machine-to-machine Australia and South East Asia, the development ofcommunications and sensor networks – quality data additional telecommunications capacity on diverseand communications services are more important paths, providing high-speed capability andthan ever. competitive connectivity via Western Australia hasDemand in the Australian marketplace is no di erent. never been more timely.By 2017, there will be an estimated 145 million The Trident Project will deliver an independent, latestdevices or connections in Australia – six for every generation bre optic network designed toperson in the nation. The volume of data outperform existing cable systems and meet the datadownloaded alone in the last three years averaged demands, diversity and access needs across Australia65 per cent annual growth. – and the broader Asia Paci c region – today andFor international connectivity via the west coast of long into the future.Australia, the nation currently relies on a singleinternational submarine cable. 1

A better way to connect business Trident and its partners are committed to delivering a best-in-class international communications network to expand connectivity options in the Asia Pacific region and unlock an array of new commercial opportunities. A proudly Australian-owned entity, Trident was The Trident Project has gained strong, open support purposely established to develop this strategically from the Western Australian Government and the important and visionary project for improving Pilbara Development Commission in recognition of connectivity between South East Asia and Australia. the project’s far-reaching bene ts and positive Trident’s management team and strong relationships impacts it will make to Western Australia, its with key delivery partners harnesses a wealth of resources industry and the state as a whole. knowledge, experience and industry networks across Improvement of telecommunications infrastructure the elds of telecommunications, submarine cabling, and utility services in WA will provide competitive advantages for resources sector operators and bre optic technology, data centre operations, and encourage investment in the sector through data and communications solutions. enabling competitiveness, productivity The network will provide highly competitive improvements, innovation and sustainability. connectivity across Australia due to the aggregated With international permits and quality partners scale of the capacity acquired with the bene ts secured, and the design and construction program passed on to our customers. well underway, progress on the Trident network is The trans-Australia network will allow high-speed rapidly advancing. tra c to be delivered with minimal latency directly Get on board and connect with Trident to take to the nation’s east coast cities to deliver a seamless advantage of commercial and collaboration solution for global corporations, content delivery opportunities. Partner with Trident as your network networks and international telecommunications of choice. carriers.8

S1.1 BU1 S1.2a S4 (Stub) S1.2b BU2 S1.3 FP1 31km 423km 1km 556km 43km BU3 FP1Tanah Merah FP2 FP2 Jakarta Singapore FP3 FP3 Indonesia FP4 FP4 S2 S3.1 10km 176km FP5 FP6 BU4 S5 (Stub) 0.3km Batam Indonesia S3.2 S7 (Stub) 1,992km 1km BU5 Power Switched Branching Unit S6.1 S6.2 Onslow Dual Conductor Passive Branching Unit S3.3 597km 55km Australia Note: FP1 and FP2 retained by Matrix 1,467km BU6Trident Cable SytemBase Con guration Perth AustraliaNetwork characteristics Network products and servicesRoutes • Ethernet: 10GB WAN PHY, 10GB LAN PHY and 100GB• International subsea cable: Singapore – Jakarta – (plus 1GB on domestic paths)Onslow – Perth (4,645km; four bre pairs Jakarta – • SDH STM-64 and SONET OC-192 as transparent 10GBPerth; two bre pairs Singapore – Jakarta) optical channel• Trans-Australia terrestrial network: Perth – Adelaide • OTN: ODU-2 (10Gbps) and ODU-4 (100Gbps) optical– Melbourne – Canberra – Sydney – Brisbane channels• Domestic Western Australian terrestrial cable: Perth • Indefeasible right of use, long term lease and lease– Onslow – Karratha – Port Hedland (1,650km; 72 to buy • Integrated network solutions and last mile bre pairs; Perth – Onslow segment is Stage 2) engineering• Domestic Carnarvon Basin subsea cable loop: • Other services by requestOnslow – Port Hedland (670km; one bre pair;Stage 3)International subsea cable landing stations• Singapore, Jakarta, Onslow and PerthNetwork operations centres• Singapore, Jakarta and PerthData centres• Perth, Karratha, Port Hedland, Melbourne, Sydneyand Brisbane2

Trident oil and gascommunications solutionsThe Trident network will create new opportunities to innovate andenhance offshore operations for oil and gas operators in the NorthWest Shelf. As the project owner, Trident is partnering with leading,experienced suppliers to facilitate the seamless delivery ofcustomised communications solutions.There are a number of communications technologies A subsea bre optic network was built in the Gulf ofthat can work individually or as part of a system to Mexico to improve the ow of data from o shore oilsolve o shore communications challenges and gas platforms to an onshore data centre. A majordepending on the distance data needs to travel, the infrastructure investment aimed at increasingremoteness of the installation, the amount of data to productivity and reliability in the hurricane-pronebe transmitted, and the availability of the region, the network sets an industry standard fortechnology. undersea bre applications to o shore platforms.Solutions are chosen based on cost, capacity, The Trident Project is bringing a similar solution toreliability, backup, physical facilities, bandwidth and Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin, planned to beuser services, remote access and o shore networks. fully operational by the end of 2016. While otherThe oil and gas industry is increasingly turning to the operators are developing an international link fromdeployment of bre optics to o shore platforms. Singapore to Perth, the Trident network is the onlyWith improved technologies, detailed methods for network providing access to the oil and gas market indeployment and long-term strategies for operations, Western Australia’s North West.maintenance and expansion, subsea cables havetoday become a viable option. Note: Network route colours representative of staged development construction 7

The Trident networkIn collaboration with experienced, world-class partners, Trident willdeliver a new high-capacity cable system connecting Australia,Indonesia and Singapore in 2017.An integrated international carrier network, Trident’s With the majority of other international cableshigh-speed subsea and terrestrial bre network will connecting to Australia via Sydney on the east coast,o er the lowest latency path from South East Asia to Trident’s trans-Australia connectivity via the westall major Australian cities – Perth, Adelaide, coast links customers from Asia through Australia toMelbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. New Zealand and the US, forming a robust alternativeTrident will leverage the Jakarta-Singapore Matrix path from the Japan-US and other direct Asia-US cableCable System and an existing trans-Australia network paths.in combination with new, purpose-built The network will also provide new and expandedinfrastructure from Jakarta to Perth and the Pilbara connectivity in Western Australia and itsregion in Western Australia’s North West. resources-rich Pilbara region. In 2013, WA was rankedThe Trident path from Sydney to Singapore via Perth the premier resources investment destination withis 30 to 50 per cent shorter and a lower latency path more than A$143 billion worth of resources projectsthan via Guam or Hawaii on the existing east coast committed or under consideration over the next fewcable systems – less than one third the distance and years.latency compared to tra c from Sydney to Asia Trident infrastructure will provide much-needed,passing via the United States. competitive and resilient connectivity for resourcesThe bene ts of this direct path include: more sector operations in the Pilbara, as well as createresponsive, higher performance corporate networks opportunities for international telecommunicationsand applications; shorter delays for real-time trading; providers to access new markets.fewer network segments, landings and carriersneeding to be pieced together; express internationalconnectivity simplifying ordering, commissioningand operations; and enhanced reliability of theend-to-end path.Project partnersTrident is strategically partnering with leading operators and industry specialists across a range of projectdelivery aspects and services to o er integrated, high-quality and full solutions in order to meet thecommunications needs of industry.Matrix Networks Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand Diamond Communicationswww.matrixnetworks.sg www.fujitsu.com.au www.diacom.com.au 3

Trident network benefits for oil and gasStrategic investment into bre optic communications technology for o shore processes has been proven toprovide signi cant, tangible bene ts enhancing operations, production, safety, innovation and quality of life. The following are example solutions and scenarios demonstrating the possible bene ts. • Faster and improved communications, such as real-time • New bre optic technology has successfully decreased video and high de nition voice services, between platform the risk of spills on two oil platforms o the coast of West personnel and management onshore. Real-time data Africa to enhance sta safety, minimise adverse enables transmission of all relevant parameters supporting environmental impacts, and mitigate costly clean-ups and analysis and decision making. public relations scrutiny. • During storm events, platforms are uninterrupted and • With the trend towards o shore developments as remain operational as weather conditions do not impact unmanned or completely subsea oil and gas installations, connectivity via a bre optic network. If evacuation is fast and reliable bandwidth encourages innovations in required, the platforms stay online longer and return to automation and allows for secure, real-time data production faster. Experience from Gulf of Mexico transmission for o shore or onshore processing and operators is that platforms can continue to produce and management. operate for 12 hours longer per platform in extreme • O shore sta can enjoy connectivity speeds similar to weather events. any onshore network for improved health, welfare and • Distributed temperature sensing using bre optic cable quality of work-life balance. Workers are able to easily can provide real-time, highly accurate monitoring for leak communicate with friends and family, access information detection and across a range of processes in the oil and and keep entertained during their downtime. gas industry.6

PORT HEDLAND KARRATHA ONSLOW PERTHNote: Network route colours representative of staged development constructionTrident network benefits for miningTrident’s Pilbara infrastructure will provide mining operators with e ective network diversity and reliability forenhanced uptime of main and backup communications links.The following are a number of bene ts Trident o ers to the Pilbara mining industry.• Millions of dollars can be lost every hour in halted • Modern mining and exploration techniques requireoperations when communications links fail, particularly computer modelling and information processing, bestwith increased automation of mining operations and performed close to the source and its data users. The largevehicles, and reliance on continuous connectivity for video round-trip delay for data to traverse between the Pilbaramonitoring. The Trident network is completely and Perth can slow down data processing andindependent of other existing networks, providing visualisation.essential reliability, diversity and fault-tolerance during Non-stop information technology operations will benetwork faults. enabled by Trident data centres, keeping critical servers• Continuous connectivity for video monitoring and and data processing within the region without losingincreased automation of vehicles and mine equipment reliability or risking information technology infrastructurealso requires high bandwidth. Transporting all of this in harsh mine environments.information to a remote controller or observer will require • Mining infrastructure is often mobile and almost neverbandwidth demands to jump, overwhelming existing links located within easy communications reach. Trident'sas the level of automation increases. network engineering experts have built infrastructure inTrident uses the latest generation optical fibre technology regional and remote locations across the globe, and canto provide high capacity telecommunications solutions design and build network extensions by fibre optic,within the Pilbara, then onto Perth, the east coast and microwave radio and other technologies to bring remoteinternationally – providing plenty of headroom for locations onto our network and connected to the rest ofincreasing data demands. your operations.4

Trident miningcommunications solutionsThe Trident network will directly link Western Australia’s Pilbararegion to Perth and international destinations. The newinfrastructure offers cost-effective, reliable and high speednetwork services to support Pilbara-based operations andeconomic diversity within the region.Pilbara business operators have long endured the data, communications and technology solutions thatchallenges of the region’s remoteness, limited can be custom designed to meet operationalcommunications infrastructure and non-competitive requirements.connectivity. For mining operators across the Pilbara and aThe Trident network’s fully diverse, protected ring growing trend towards innovation and automation,between Perth and Onslow – completely Trident network products and services open newindependent of existing networks – will provide high possibilities to create e ciencies and improvequality data and telecommunications options to operations, production and safety.bring infrastructure-based competition to the Pilbara The network has the potential to underpin the latestfor the very rst time. innovations in resources operations, includingTrident’s high capacity bre optic backbone is set to automated mining, automated vehicles, pervasiveo er speeds of up to 100 gigabits per second, remote video monitoring, entertainment, andsigni cantly faster than typical communications links communications solutions to mining camps andcurrently available in the Pilbara. residences.The network will be continuously monitored by a As a mining-speci c example, this bre optic lowestnetwork operations centre in Perth for rapid latency solution enables real-time explorationresponse to service interruptions and issues. Data monitoring and telemetry, more precise drillcentres in Perth, Karratha and Port Hedland form part positioning, and faster processing of seismic data toof the Trident network, contributing to the array of reduce exploration costs and time. 5

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