SubCo Lands SMAP Cable in Perth
SubCo Lands SMAP Cable in Perth
By Dan Swinhoe, Data Centre Dynamics
June 17, 2025
SubCo has landed the SMAP subsea cable in Perth, Australia.
“SMAP is coming along at a great pace! Our first landing in Perth happened today!” Subco CEO Bevan Slattery said on LinkedIn this week.
The cable was laid by the Ile d’Yeu cable ship from ASN.
The 5,000km (3,106 miles) SMAP cable was first announced by SubCo in 2023 and is set to be operational in Q1 2026, connecting Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth.
New landing stations are being developed in Adelaide and Torquay, a town southwest of Melbourne. It is also present in Equinix’s SY5 facility in Sydney.
The cable was initially set to connect Tasmania, but the company announced it would drop the Hobart/Tasmania extension in August last year.
Originally designed as a 12-fiber pair system, SMAP was upgraded to a planned 16-fiber pair system in May last year.
SubCo, part of Slattery’s Soda Group, also owns the Oman Australia Cable and has capacity on the Indigo subsea cables.
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