Manatua Cable

Manatua cable poised to link much of Polynesia

The Manatua cable is 3800 kilometres long and links Samoa, Niue, the Cook Islands and French Polynesia.

The French Polynesian presidency has hailed the three-year project as a fantastic technological step forward.

The cable is expected to improve connectivity and lower costs.

In Samoa, the communications minister said last month that his country aimed to become a regional telecommunications hub.

     

Samoa signs Manatua Cable Consortium Communique

The Manatua Cable will provide connections from Apia, Samoa to Toahotu, Tahiti, with branching units for landings to Niue; Aitutaki, Cook Island; Raratonga, Cook Island; and Vaitape, Bora Bora.

“Manatua will not only allow for faster and even more reliable connectivity in our islands, but brings together our people in a way that not many other projects can achieve. For Samoa, it is another building block in the government’s vision for the Samoa Connectivity Project” said Prime Minister Tuilaepa.

Samoa to endorse Manatua Cable network

The Manatua Cable will link Samoa (with onward connections via Tui-Samoa and the Southern Cross cable) and French Polynesia (with onward connections to Honotua Cable), with branches to Niue and the Cook Islands (Rarotonga and Aitutaki), enabling two primary gateways to the global internet for the country.

And the target is by the year 2020, Samoa will be connected to four international fibre optic cables which includes Tui Samoa and the Manatua Cables.