SEACOM (Asian cable system) explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chronological History of Cairns: Timeline 1943 to 1974 . Cairns Regional Council . 9 March 2021 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080111045209/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/80208/20080111-1146/www.cairns.qld.gov.au/heritage/History/Timeline4.html . January 11, 2008 . en . 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