The project will develop and operate a new fiber-optic submarine cable system (SCS) connecting Samoa (Upolu and Savai'i) via Fiji to the existing Southern Cross Cable Network between Australia and the United States, financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, the. The project will develop and operate a new fiber-optic submarine cable system (SCS) connecting Samoa (Upolu and Savai'i) via Fiji to the existing Southern Cross Cable Network between Australia and the United States, financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, the. SAMOA SUBMARINE CABLE COMPANY Our aim is to significantly transform Samoa's digital landscape by leveraging innovative digital technologies. The ASH Cable comprises of two cables installed between Samoa, American Samoa and Hawaii. On January 14, 2026, Samoa Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leautea Schmidt arrived in American Samoa with his delegation as guests to the signing and ceremony of an agreement to bring American Samoa into the Pacific Connect Initiative through the new Le Vasa subsea fibre-optic cable. Pulaalii Nikolao Pula and Brian Quigley, Google's vice president for Global Network Infrastructure, shake hands on an agreement to build a new fiber optic cable in the U.