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The federal government will spend almost $80 million connecting smaller Pacific Island nations to a new trans-Pacific subsea cable between Australia and the United States that will be built by Google. At least nine countries, including Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu and Nauru, are are set to benefit from the financing, which totals $US65 million ($103.3 million) with a $US15 million contribution from the US. The South Pacific Connect initiative, announced on Thursday (AEDT), will link French Polynesia and Fiji with Australia and the US through two new subsea cables, named Honomoana and Tabua, while a new interlink cable will connect French Polynesia and Fiji.
Tech giant Google will deploy two new trans-Pacific subsea cables between the United States and Australia via Fiji and French Polynesia with assistanc.
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