By Matangi Tonga Online
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Network of France won the contract to lay a submarine fibre-optic cable system from Fiji to Tonga, which is expected to be in service by June 2013.
The contract was signed this afternoon by Robert Bolouri the Interim Managing Director of Tonga Cable Ltd and Michel Bouvard the Vice President Operations of Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Network, at the Tonga Communications Corporation office, Fasi.