 They joined the APCN consortium by transferring 90% of the JASURAUS capacity for 10% on the APCN.JASURAUS was conceived in 1995 as an additional link from Australia to provide telephony services connection to the world, with a design life of 25 years and at a cost of A$160 million.The name was derived from a concatenation of the original planned sites of 'Jakarta' - 'Surabaya' - 'Australia'.