A new undersea fiber optic cable is close to getting off the ground in Samoa.
Samoa Submarine Cable Company Limited (S.S.C.C.) and Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks have signed a turnkey contract to roll out the Tui-Samoa Cable.
The undersea cable will span more than 1,470 km, providing an advanced broadband highway for inclusive social and economic growth.
Tui-Samoa Cable will have landing points in Apia and Tuasivi on Savaii island and Suva, Fiji.
It will deliver a capacity of at least 8 Terabits-per-second (Tbit/s) using 100 Gbit/s transmission technology. The system will enable possible future extensions to the islands of Vanua Levu – Savusavu (Fiji) and Wallis & Futuna.
Samoa’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Afamasaga Rico Tupa’i, said the cable will deliver Samoa’s commitment to universal access and high speed broadband internet.
He said the Samoa Connectivity Project has been possible with the enormous support and commitment of Samoa’s development partners – the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the Australian Government – working closely together with Samoan investors.
S.S.C.C is a private company incorporated in Apia Samoa and will build, manage and operate the Tui-Samoa submarine cable between Apia Samoa and Suva Fiji.
