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New FB Undersea Cables To Boost Region’s Internet Facebook and Google are planning two new undersea internet cables to connect Southeast Asia to North America. The project with regional telecoms companies aims to supply faster internet speeds to Singapore and Indonesia. This comes after Facebook withdrew three projects to connect the United States (US) to Hong Kong with similar cables, following government concerns over spying. The cables require regulatory approval from the national governments involved. “Named Echo and Bifrost, those will be the first two cables to go through a new diverse route crossing the Java Sea, and they will...
