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Pukpuk Submarine Cable System (Puk-Puk 1)

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Source: Free Malaysia Today

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The Pukpuk Submarine Cable System is the first direct cross-border undersea cable linking Indonesia with Papua New Guinea. It aims to strengthen digital connectivity and infrastructure resilience in the Asia-Pacific region by directly connecting Jayapura in Indonesia's Papua province with Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. The cable provides two independent international connectivity routes, enhancing te

Status
Closed
Sector
Telecommunications
Location
Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Free Malaysia Today

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The project “Pukpuk Submarine Cable System (Puk-Puk 1)” is an infrastructure initiative in the Telecommunications sector, located in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Free Malaysia Today.

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The Pukpuk Submarine Cable System is the first direct cross-border undersea cable linking Indonesia with Papua New Guinea. It aims to strengthen digital connectivity and infrastructure resilience in the Asia-Pacific region by directly connecting Jayapura in Indonesia's Papua province with Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. The cable provides two independent international connectivity routes, enhancing telecommunications services and infrastructure resilience.

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Telecommunications

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Indonesia

State

Papua

City

Jayapura

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2026-05-12

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