This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of Australia’s submarine cables network and provides recommendations to promote our economic interests and secure our submarine cables network.

As part of the Quad Tech Network series, Lisa Curtis and Martijn Rasser address why it is important for Quad countries to shape the telecommunications ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific.

Sue Thompson examines the development of the South Africa–Australia telegraphic cable, highlighting its role in establishing an all-British imperial communications route between Australia and Britain.