Belau Submarine Cable Corporation’s (BSCC) attempt to obtain financing to connect to a second fiber optic cable link to U.S. west coast has been hampered by the world COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this year, BSCC reported that it was seeking to connect to Project Echo, a submarine cable linking Jakarta, Indonesia to Eureka, California. The Echo […]
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Local cable systems threatened with claims of vigorous competition from Southern Cross
PAGO PAGO, 13 DECEMBER 2019 – Owners of the Southern Cross NEXT undersea fibre optic cable claim in a filing with federal regulators that its cable system will not only “enhance competition” but will “vigorously” compete with other cable systems, such as American Samoa Hawaii cable and Hawaiki cable, on the U.S-South Pacific routes. Pacific […]
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BSCC eyes second submarine cable
Belau Submarine Cable Corporation is contemplating getting a second fiber optic submarine cable connection to Palau. “We need redundancy and security. We saw what happened to Saipan and recently to Tonga when their cables were cut,” stated Robin Russell, Chief Executive Office of BSCC. “We initially looked at satellite pooling as an idea for redundancy […]