
Tonga's only domestic subsea cable suffers another outage, could take weeks to repair
A vessel has been sent to assess the damage
A vessel has been sent to assess the damage
Funded by NZ and Australian governments
Eight-day repair means Tonga Domestic Cable is now live again
Around 110km of domestic subsea cable damaged; if local replacement can’t be sourced, Tonga will have new cable manufactured in France
Cable linking main island of Tongatapu to Fiji and outside world repaired a month after underwater eruption; domestic cable due to be fixed soon
Digicel and Tonga Cable negotiating to secure cable aboard repair ship Reliance owned by other operators to fix broken cable
Both domestic and international cables seemingly damaged, repairs could take weeks