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Company threatens to cut Northern Marianas cable
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 22:55:32 -0400 (EDT)
In 2015, the only submarine cable connecting the Northern Marianas Islands, a U.S. Territory, was damaged by a boulder. It cut off all telecommunications to the U.S. Territory for several weeks. To obtain a second cable for the islands, the CNMI government signed an agreement to subsidize a second fiber optic cable.
Apparently there is now a dispute about the subsidy. https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/356123/company-threatens-to-cut-northern-marianas-cableA telecommunications company in the Northern Marianas is threatening to cut the fibre optic cable that connects Tinian and Rota to Saipan if the government fails to provide $US1.3 million it promised to pay for the service.
Under a memorandum of agreement signed with the CNMI government in 2016, Docomo Pacific agreed to include Tinian and Rota in connecting their fibre optic cable 'ATISA' at a fee of $US650,000 per island.
Earlier this week, the House of Representative included the $US1.3 million commitment to the telco in the $US15 million appropriations bill that also gave $US7 million to the CNMI Judiciary to fix its mould and air-conditioning problems.
The legislation still needs to be passed by the senate and supported by the governor.
Current thread:
- Company threatens to cut Northern Marianas cable Sean Donelan (May 01)
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- Re: Company threatens to cut Northern Marianas cable Scott Weeks (May 01)