According Reuters and various sources, the Australian government will fund a $120 million to construct three new subsea cables linking Papua New Guinea (PNG). Alphabet's Google has been selected to lead the construction of this critical network upgrade. The Coral Sea Cable System (CS²) is a 4,700km long fibre optic submarine cable system linking Sydney, Australia, to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and Honiara, Solomon Islands. High Commissioner Ewen McDonald says these are the Google Pacific cable in the North, the Coral Sea cable in Bougainville, and the Huwakai Niu cable in the South of the region.
Currently, Somalia's fibre optic network is underdeveloped and fragmented, limiting broadband access and market competition. The Somali government is developing a unified fibre optic deployment policy to streamline the installation and expansion of fibre optic infrastructure across. Somalia is embarking on an ambitious journey to bridge its digital divide by accelerating the deployment of optical fiber infrastructure. f Somalia, located on the coast of the Horn of Africa, relies heavily on remittances and traditional livelihoods that are highly vulnerable to climate change. 2 percent of the country's GDP. The Ministry of Communications and Technology held a public consultation on Sunday 17 and Monday. The discussions were held during a recent united Fiber Optic Policy meeting held in Mogadishu, chaired by the Ministry of Communication & Technology Director General Abdi Casiis Duwane and attended by top government officials and other stakeholders in the communication sector.
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