Samoa Eyes International Telecommunications Business By Radio New Zealand June 26, 2020 Samoa is aiming to become a regional telecommunications hub, the communications minister says. Afamasaga Rico Tupa'i told parliament the aim is within reach now that the Manatua Cable is complete. Samoa paid $US1.47 million dollars to be part of the Manatua system which [...]
Manatua Consortium Confirms Cable Lay Operations Complete Manatua Consortium Press Release February 17, 2020 Groundbreaking 3600km cable successfully deployed across South Pacific on time Landings in Tahiti & Bora Bora, French Polynesia; Rarotonga & Aitutaki in Cook Islands; Niue and Samoa Successfully Completed Unique international collaboration to transform regional speed, resilience and affordability Cable on [...]
ASN Begins Construction of $350m Southern Cross NEXT Cable By Natalie Bannerman, Capacity September 16, 2019 Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has announced the construction of the $350 million Southern Cross NEXT cable. Once complete, the 13,700km cable will have landing points in Australia, Samoa. Kiribati, the US, Tokelau, Fiji and New Zealand. A consortium of [...]
Survey Work Starts on Manatua Cable Project By Cook Islands News May 13, 2019 Work has commenced on the detailed marine survey for the 3500km route of the Manatua - One Polynesia fibre optic cable. As well as Rarotonga and Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, the new cable will also connect Samoa, Niue, and Tahiti [...]
Samoa Online School Shows Submarine Cable Benefits By Sapeer Mayron, Samoa Observer January 22, 2019 The Prime Minister has applauded an “innovative venture” combining education and technology, Samoa’s brand new Apia International School. A project of Marj Moore of The Learning Centre and Fiona Ey, Apia International School (AIS) is Samoa’s first correspondence high school, [...]
SubCom Announces Manatua Cable System Contract is in Force SubCom Press Release November 20, 2018 New submarine cable system will provide connectivity between Samoa and Tahiti with branches to Niue, Cook Island and Bora Bora EATONTOWN, N.J., USA, Nov 19, 2018 – SubCom and the Manatua Consortium announced the contract is in force for the [...]
New Man At The Helm Of Samoa Submarine Cable Company By Elizabeth Ah-Hi May 9, 2018 The Samoa Submarine Cable Company has a new Chairman. He is Pauli Prince Suhren who is taking over from Leiataua Alden Godinet after one-year tenure as per the shareholders agreement. Pauli was in a celebratory mood, pointing out the [...]
High-Speed Broadband Goes Live In Samoa By InfoZine February 9, 2018 The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank Group, and the Government of Australia joined the Government of Samoa to celebrate the arrival of high-speed internet in the country at a ceremony at the TATTE Convention Centre Friday. Apia, Samoa - infoZine - The [...]
TE SubCom and Samoa Submarine Cable Company (SSCC) To Build A New Cable Depot In Samoa To Service The South Pacific Marine Maintenance Agreement (SPMMA) TE SubCom Press Release January 28, 2018 With support from the Government of Samoa, TE SubCom and SSCC will construct the new depot in the Port of Apia, Samoa EATONTOWN, [...]
Cable Moves Excite Cabinet Minister By Elizabeth Ah-Hi January 31, 2018 The future is exciting for the Information Communication Technology (I.C.T.) in Samoa. That’s the belief of the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Afamasaga Rico Tupai, who provided an update about the state of the Tui Samoa Cable as well as other key I.C.T. [...]