SEACOM (Asian cable system)

SEACOM is a telephone submarine cable linking Hong Kong with Malaysia.

Its telephone link was opened in 1967.[1]

At one stage it also included the terrestrial radio microwave analogue link along the eastern coast of Australia, operated by the Postmaster-General's Department which was the forerunner of Telstra. This communication link rejoined the undersea cable section at Cairns in north Queensland.[2][1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Chronological History of Cairns: Timeline 1943 to 1974". Cairns Regional Council. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2021. 1967: 30 March: The South East Asia Commonwealth Cable (SEACOM) officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
  2. ^ Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) (1966). In Seacom : the South East Asia Commonwealth Cable. Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia), Sydney

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