Submarine cable project the World Bank has approved for Fiji Fiji Connectivity Project provides $5.95 million in loans.
According to reports, Fiji Connectivity Project submarine cable project is the Southern Cross cable network system connecting existing SCCN to Fiji's second largest island Vanualevu Island cable system, approx 95-kilometer, landing stations will be located in the island of Savusavu.
The future, Fiji also plans a submarine fiber optic cable system submarine cable landing stations in Savusavu Island connect submarine cable system were operating in Samoa (Samoa Connectivity Project), with the planned 1470-kilometer Tui-Samoa cable system interconnecting.
The World Bank says Fiji submarine cable provides Connectivity Project loan is part of Internet connection plan in the Pacific region of the World Bank, the entire submarine fiber optic cable system is expected to put into use in the third quarter of 2017.