SPIN

SPIN stands for South Pacific Islands Network. It's a regional initiative supported by: Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, French Government, Government of French Polynesia, and Government of New-Caledonia.

SPIN shall provide faster and cheaper bandwidth to Pacific Islands countries and territories:

• Interconnect the 3 French territories of New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna and French Polynesia
• Connect Pacific Islands countries currently relying on satellite
• Open a new transpacific route Sydney - Hawaii

Impacts in terms of connectivity:

• For Islands operators: significant reduction of international bandwidth charges
• For subscribers: lower prices and better access
• For international Telco and ISP : new offer with up to 600 Gbps spare capacity available for sale

SPIN will be built in three steps:

• New Caledonia cable - Sydney to Nouméa
• French Polynesia cable - Tahiti to Hawaii
• SPIN cable - Nouméa to Tahiti
  

SPIN - Step 1

SPIN - Step 2

SPIN - Step 3 / Source Frouin/SPIN

SPIN is :

• Limited company incorporated in Wallis & Futuna - France
• Private investors, among which API Group
• Public investors : French Territories of Pacific region

Approximate cost of SPIN: Euro 150M

• Ongoing tender under finalization
• Expected contract signature March 09

Funding:

• Investment and capacity agreements
• Own funding from shareholders
• French public aid
• Bank financing

Credits : Frouin / SPIN