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An undersea cable connecting tsunami-hit Tonga with the rest of the world will take at least a month to repair, as per the New Zealand’s foreign ministry. The ministry said in an on the disaster that US cable company SubCom advises it will take at least four weeks for Tonga’s cable connection to be repaired,” which has cut the small South Pacific nation from the rest of the world.
Tonga has been isolated since Saturday’s violent eruption severed the cable in two places. What little communication there has been after the disaster has been through a few satellite phones, mainly held by foreign embassies in the capital Nuku’alofa.
Telecom operator Digicel, which is restoring some basic domestic 2G services, reported that resuming international communications could still be some way away.