As reported by The Register, the consortium constructing the Pacific Light Cable television Network has now submitted a modified proposal to the US Federal Communications Commission ( FCC) which includes landing points in Taiwan and the Philippines however leaves out Hong Kong.
First announced in 2016, the Pacific Light Cable Network is a partnership between Google, Facebook and other companies with the objective of enhancing web speeds and capacity in between North America and Asia by establishing a 13,900 km undersea cable.
A Google representative validated that a new application for the PLCN cable system had been submitted in a declaration, saying:
” We can confirm that the original application for the PLCN cable television system has actually been withdrawn, and a modified application for the US-Taiwan and US-Philippines parts of the system has actually been submitted.
