An Australian entrepreneur has unveiled an ambitious countrywide, fibre-optic network that could open significant commercial opportunities and make Australia a hub for international undersea networks traversing the troubled Indo-Pacific region. HyperOne is a AU$1.5 billion hyperscale, national fibre network that will stretch more than 20,000 kilometres across Australia, and achieve speeds of 10,000 terabits per second. Tech entrepreneur Bevan Slattery unveiled the plan earlier this week saying it was “big, bold, and way overdue.” “HyperOne will be the first true private national fibre backbone project connecting major data hubs in every capital city in every state and territory across Australia,” he said in a statement. Domestically, the project is expected to complement the existing 5G and National Broadband Network, which has had a troubled rollout, and could be a major hit with regional areas and industries such as space, defence, mining, agri-tech, cloud computing, and data centres. “All the existing …