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Revision as of 22:13, 23 January 2019
| Founded | Construction begin: 2012 |
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Area served | Tonga & Fiji |
| Owner | Tonga Cable Limited (TCL) |
| Website | Tonga Cable Limited |
Tonga Cable System is a submarine cable system. It connects Tonga with Fiji.[1] It is 827 kilometres (514 mi) long.[1] It has cable landing points at Sopu Tonga and Suva Fiji.[1] The project is funded by Asian Development Bank[2] and the World Bank.[3]
History
On January 20 2019 the fibre optic cable broke and disrupted Internet to Tonga. Satellite communications was used as backup.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Tonga Cable Launch". TongaCable. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Tonga-Fiji Submarine Cable Project". Asian Development Bank. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Contract for the Submarine Cable System for Tonga Signed Today". Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ Nick Perry (23 January 2019). "No screen time: Tonga faces weeks of internet disruption". Associated Press. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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