Editing French Polynesia (section)

=== Communication ===
In 2017, Alcatel Submarine Networks, a unit of [[Nokia]], launched a project to connect many of the islands in French Polynesia with underwater fiber optic cable. The project, called NATITUA, is intended to improve French Polynesian broadband connectivity by linking Tahiti to 10 islands in the Tuamotu and Marquesas archipelagos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2017/07/natitua-submarine-cable-system-to-bridge-french-polynesian-digital-divide.html|title=NATITUA submarine cable system to bridge French Polynesian digital divide|website=lightwaveonline.com|date=25 July 2017 |access-date=2018-10-23|archive-date=24 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035146/https://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2017/07/natitua-submarine-cable-system-to-bridge-french-polynesian-digital-divide.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2018, a celebration was held to commemorate the arrival of a submarine cable from [[Papeete]] to the atoll of Hao, extending the network by about 1000 kilometres.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/363491/submarine-cable-extended-to-french-polynesia-s-hao|title=Submarine cable extended to French Polynesia's Hao|date=2018-08-07|work=Radio New Zealand|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-nz|archive-date=24 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035319/https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/363491/submarine-cable-extended-to-french-polynesia-s-hao|url-status=live}}</ref>