Facebook and Google are planning two new undersea internet cables to connect South East Asia to North America. This comes after Facebook withdrew three projects to connect the US to Hong Kong with similar cables, following government concerns over spying. Internet useAlthough more than 73% of Indonesia’s population use the internet, the majority access it through mobile data. Previous effortsThe PLCN – funded by Facebook and Alphabet, Google’s parent company – was originally intended to link the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Philippines. A separate proposal with Amazon to connect San Francisco with Hong Kong through undersea cables was also abandoned last year.

Source: Pakistan Today March 31, 2021 08:15 UTC