Justice Department Clears Google's Bid to Operate Undersea Cable
April 08 2020 - 2:58PM
Dow Jones News
By Dave Sebastian
The Justice Department has cleared Google LLC's application to
operate a subsea cable that makes up a portion of the Pacific Light
Cable Network System connecting the U.S. to Taiwan for the next six
months.
The Alphabet Inc. unit had applied to the Federal Communications
Commission on April 2 for a special temporary authority to operate
the cable, underscoring an internal need for capacity between the
U.S. and Taiwan. Google had said it would need to find alternative
capacity at a higher price without the department's blessing.
Google, under the terms of the provisional national security
agreement, accepted operational and security requirements,
including an agreement to "pursue diversification of
interconnection points in Asia" and to set up network facilities
that deliver traffic as close as practicable to the destination,
the department said Wednesday.
The U.S. holds the view that a direct cable connection between
the U.S. and Hong Kong would pose a risk to national security and
law enforcement, according to the department.
Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 08, 2020 14:43 ET (18:43 GMT)
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