Submarine cable incident record
Oceania and the Pacific cable incident — Confirmed — 2024-06-29
Tonga's domestic inter-island cable has failed since June 29; outer-island services rely on limited satellite backup and the cause is unconfirmed.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Confirmed regional incident; no cable was deterministically attributed
- Affected countries
- Tonga
- Region
- Oceania and the Pacific
- Network state
- Network signal stale
- Physical state
- Physical fault confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.
Original supporting evidence
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.