Submarine cable incident record

Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia cable incident — Confirmed — 2022-01-15

Event ID evt_hist_e91503247265bff2 ·

Tonga’s domestic cable has an approximately 110 km gap; replacement cable availability makes the repair timing uncertain.

Confirmed

Public classification
Confirmed
Affected cable or system
Confirmed regional incident; no cable was deterministically attributed
Affected countries
Tonga
Region
Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia
Network state
Network signal stale
Physical state
Physical fault confirmed by report

Lifecycle

  • Occurred:
  • Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.

Original supporting evidence

  1. Panuve said the south end of the broken cable was found 31km from Tongatapu subtelforum.com · 2022-03-04T18:36:46.000Z

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.

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