US Recommends Approving Google, Meta Undersea Data Cable to Asia

US Recommends Approving Google, Meta Undersea Data Cable to Asia
The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York, on Nov. 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Friday recommended Alphabet’s Google and Facebook parent Meta get permission to use an undersea cable system to handle growing internet traffic with Asia.

The administration urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant licenses for the companies to send and receive data on the existing 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network. The undersea fiber-optic cable system connects the United States, Taiwan, the Philippines and Hong Kong.