Perth International Telecommunications Centre
Coordinates: 31°48′21″S 115°53′16″E / 31.8057°S 115.8878°E The Perth International Telecommunications Centre (PITC) is located in the northeastern Perth suburb of Cullacabardee, and has handled a large percentage of Australian telecommunications company Telstra's satellite communications since its opening in November 1986. Most government agencies refer to the site's location as Landsdale or Landsdale-Gnangara.
The 287-hectare (710-acre) site was originally home to a radio station which was used until 1986 by the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC), one of two entities which later merged and formed the Telstra telecommunications company. After its establishment, equipment was transported from the OTC Earth Station Carnarvon and also from South Australia.
In July 1984, an international meeting agreed on a 14 MHz, 1,380-channel coaxial analogue undersea cable to be constructed between Jakarta, Singapore and Perth, spanning 4,473 kilometres (2,415 nmi) and connecting with cable systems in Malaysia, the Philippines, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The OTC was to cover half the cost of the cable. The new cable was to replace the SEACOM 2 cable between Madang and Cairns, opened in 1966.
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