Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) has begun work on two infrastructure upgrade

Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) has begun work on two infrastructure upgrade projects, one in Cape York and the other in Surat. For the Cape York project, Telstra is building a fiber-optic cable from Cairns to Lakeland, and installing digital radio equipment from Lakeland to Weipa and Thursday Island that will allow coverage to the Cape and Torres Strait. In Surat, a 94-km fiber-optic cable will be constructed between Roma and Surat. The link is scheduled for completion this year.