Google plans to lay undersea fiber optic cables in the Pacific to provide Internet access services to at least eight countries

According to news from this site on October 25, the US government announced that it has reached an agreement with Australia to lay submarine optical cables, build docks and provide other infrastructure for Pacific island countries.

According to reports, the submarine optical cable in the agreement will be operated by Google (a company of Alphabet) and provide Internet access to at least eight remote Pacific countries. These countries include Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, East Timor, Tuvalu and Vanuatu

##一An official said: "We listened carefully to the needs of island countries and plan to provide high-speed, secure and stable Internet connections to many major islands in the Indo-Pacific region."

According to a senior government official, Australia will Contributing US$50 million (approximately 365 million yuan), while the United States will contribute an additional US$15 million (approximately 110 million yuan)

As part of the Pacific Islands project, the official said the United States will cooperate with various countries , improve network security, and help them back up key information to the global cloud network

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