4 Feb 2019

Tongans seek answers for major comms outage

From , 4:05 pm on 4 February 2019

Tonga's government and business community say they want answers from the country's internet providers after a two-week outage hurt businesses there. 

The fiber optic cable that links the islands to the outside world was finally repaired on Saturday, ending a 12-day outage. 

Jamie Tahana reports.

A ship has arrived in Tonga to begin cable repairs

A machine used to repair Tonga's submarine cable. Photo: Twitter/ @tongaportal