The Limited Communication Cables for Pacific Island Countries

Abstract

This paper provides up-to-date analysis of the status of the undersea communication cables for Pacific Island countries. It identifies those countries with vulnerability to outages because they have just one cable and those countries that do not have a cable connection. This contribution to the ‘Current Legal Developments’ section builds upon the worldwide interest generated by a communication outage in Tonga early in 2022 and two announcements regarding cables for Kiribati late in 2021.