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The Government Initiates a Submarine Cable Feasibility Study.
The Cayman Islands Government, through the Ministry of Infrastructure, announces advisory firm Grant Thornton Specialist Services has been contracted to undertake a formal feasibility study into the modernisation of the Islands' submarine cable infrastructure.
This follows a selection exercise initiated in December 2021, which attracted extensive international interest from several professional services and specialist submarine cable consultancies. It also builds on extensive industry and stakeholder consultations conducted by the Government over the past eighteen months.
The feasibility study, to be prepared by subsea systems experts Pioneer Consulting, will be used to guide Government's decision making around moving forward with a major submarine cable infrastructure investment project.
Minister of Infrastructure, Hon. Jay Ebanks says the government is bringing in world-class experts to help analyse the options and identify the best approach to take on this major infrastructure project. He adds this initiative forms a quote - key pillar of our strategy to ensure the Cayman Islands benefit from world-class connectivity in order to underpin a transformation of our economy and society into a thriving digital future", PAK. >
