Google: US/Hong Kong Submarine Cable Connection: Withdraw Plan
August 31, 2020
Google and Facebook:
Last week, it withdrew its plan to connect a submarine cable from the United States across the Pacific Ocean to Hong Kong.
Trump administration:
An undersea cable connecting to Hong Kong could be used by the Chinese government to collect personal data for Americans, the Trump administration said. ――
Submit revised plan:
The two companies have submitted a revised plan to connect undersea cables to Taiwan and the Philippines instead of Hong Kong.
Pacific Light Data Communication Co.,
Pacific Light Data Communication in Hong Kong has been dropped from planning.
It is a company that was a partner in the initial notification.
The US government has expressed concern about “the company’s ties with the Chinese mainland company, Dr. Peng Telecom Transmission Group.”
Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/2020-08-31/QFSXK5T1UM0W01
Google, Facebook Dump Plans for U.S.-Hong Kong Undersea Cable
Underseas internet project refiled for Taiwan and Philippines Companies re-apply without Pacific Light Data
Communication Google and Facebook Inc.
dropped plans for an undersea cable between the U.S. and Hong Kong after the Trump administration said Beijing might use the link to collect information on Americans.But the companies
quickly submitted a revised proposal that includes links to Taiwan and the Philippines,as envisioned in the application that was withdrawn on Thursday.
The new filing
didn’t include Hong Kong-based Pacific Light Data Communication Co., a partner in the original plan and a concern for U.S. security agencies that cited its links to mainland China’s Dr. Peng Telecom & Media Group Co.
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