Connecting the world’s fastest-⁠growing internet region

Echo, Tabua and Topaz are the start of one integrated network. They link Southeast Asia and Oceania to the US West Coast. Terrestrial backhaul reaches San Jose, Los Angeles, Seattle and Hillsboro. The routes avoid the South China Sea and the crowded northern corridors.

Three systems

Guam–California liveRFS 2026

Echo

Singapore · Jakarta · Guam · Northern California

Echo connects Singapore, Indonesia, Guam and the US on a unique route. It avoids the contentious and earthquake-prone areas of the South China Sea. Trans Pacific Networks conceived the route that became Echo. TPN owns three of Echo’s twelve fibre pairs end to end.

Length
16,000+ km express trunk
Fibre pairs
12-fibre-pair system · TPN owns 3 fibre pairs
Design capacity
≈22 Tb/s per pair
Built by
NEC
Status
Guam–California live · Singapore landed July 2026 · RFS 2026
Landing sites
Changi North · Tanjung Pakis · Piti · Arcata
PoPs
Equinix Singapore · Jakarta (Cyber and DCI) · Equinix San Jose
RFS 2026

Tabua

Sydney · Suva · Honolulu · Los Angeles

Tabua enhances connectivity between Australia, Fiji, Hawaii and the US mainland. It adds a new path alongside the existing Australia–US routes. Trans Pacific Networks owns a full fibre pair on Tabua end to end. The pair is delivered to PoPs in Sydney, Los Angeles and San Jose.

Length
≈13,300 km trunk
Fibre pairs
16-fibre-pair system · TPN owns 1 fibre pair
Design capacity
≈17 Tb/s per pair
Built by
SubCom
Status
RFS 2026
Landing sites
Maroubra Beach · Suva · Barbers Point · El Segundo
PoPs
Equinix Sydney · Equinix Los Angeles · Equinix San Jose
In service

Topaz

Tokyo · Vancouver · Seattle · Hillsboro

Topaz links Japan with Canada’s west coast. It lands at Takahagi near Tokyo and at Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. It is already in service across the North Pacific. Terrestrial backhaul from Vancouver reaches Seattle and Hillsboro in the US Pacific Northwest.

Length
≈7,000 km trunk
Fibre pairs
16-fibre-pair system · TPN is a capacity provider
Design capacity
≈15 Tb/s per pair
Built by
NEC
Status
In service
Landing sites
Takahagi · Port Alberni
Backhaul
Vancouver · Seattle · Hillsboro

What we offer

Fibre pairs and spectrum

Spectrum and fibre capacity on Echo and Tabua. TPN owns its fibre pairs end to end.

Leases and IRUs

Leases and long-term IRU structures, shaped around each customer’s requirements.

Wavelengths

10G, 100G and 400G Ethernet wavelengths, from landing station to PoP.

Asset monetisation

Commercial and technical support to monetise, restructure or divest subsea infrastructure.

TPN works as a go-to-market operating partner. Capacity is lit by Ciena WaveLogic 6 Extreme. It is operated 24/7 from Indigo’s network operations centres in the US and UK.

Route diversity by design

Around the South China Sea

Echo reaches Singapore and Indonesia. Its route avoids the contentious and earthquake-prone areas of the South China Sea.

An express trunk

Echo runs 16,000+ km from Singapore to Northern California on one express trunk. It branches to Indonesia and Guam.

Across the Java Sea

Echo is among the first trans-Pacific cables on a new route across the Java Sea. It adds capacity between Southeast Asia and the US.

A new path from Australia

Tabua adds a diverse route between Australia and the US mainland. It runs by way of Fiji and Hawaii.

Landing stations and PoPs

  • SingaporeChangi NorthEchoLanding station
  • SingaporeEquinix SingaporeEchoPoP
  • JakartaTanjung PakisEchoLanding station
  • JakartaCyber and DCI data centresEchoPoPs
  • GuamPitiEchoLanding station
  • Northern CaliforniaArcataEchoLanding station
  • San JoseEquinix San JoseEchoTabuaPoP
  • SydneyMaroubra BeachTabuaLanding station
  • SydneyEquinix SydneyTabuaPoP
  • FijiSuvaTabuaLanding station
  • HonoluluBarbers PointTabuaLanding station
  • Los AngelesEquinix Los Angeles, El SegundoTabuaLanding station and PoP
  • TokyoTakahagiTopazLanding station
  • VancouverPort Alberni, Vancouver IslandTopazLanding station
  • SeattleMetro PoPTopazPoP
  • HillsboroMetro PoPTopazPoP