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Undersea cable project gets government go-ahead
Plans for Cayman’s new subseas telecom cable are moving forward. Government has approved the drafting of new legislation for the project aimed at bolstering the island’s connectivity.
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Government pushing forward with plans for new subsea telecoms cable
Plans for a new subsea cable are moving forward amid growing concern about the long-term viability of Cayman’s current telecoms infrastructure.
The islands’ connectivity to the wider world – everything from Netflix and WhatsApp to credit card machines and Microsoft Teams calls – depends on two fibre-optic cables linking Cayman to Jamaica and to the US.
A burgeoning new digital assets industry and a growing dependence on tech in the financial services sector is increasing anxiety around the lack of resilience in this area.
