1 Introduction
     1.1 Background
     1.2 International connectivity in the Pacific: The changing situation
     1.3 Need for speed: demand drivers
     1.4 Overview of submarine cables in the Pacific: Current situation and upcoming projects
     1.5 Common features of submarine cables in the Pacific
     1.6 Future role of satellite connectivity
     1.7 ITU project on satellite
2 Building the enabling environment
     2.1 Financing and ownership
     2.2 Licensing and rights of way
     2.3 Equal access and pricing
     2.4 Human and institutional capacity
     2.5 Issues and challenges
3 Case studies from the Pacific
     3.1 Fiji
     3.2 Papua New Guinea
     3.3 Samoa
     3.4 Tonga
     3.5 Vanuatu
4 Recommendations
Table 1.1.1: WTDC-14 Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives
Table 1.1.2: WTDC-17 Asia-Pacific Regional Initiatives
Table 1.2.1: Number of international submarine cables connected to each Pacific island
Table 1.3.1: Contracted international bandwidth in selected Pacific islands (Mbit/s)
Table 1.4.1: International submarine cables currently serving Pacific islands
Table 1.4.2: Proposed international submarine cables that will serve Pacific islands
Table 1.4.3: Existing and planned national submarine cable systems
Table 1.5.1: Changes in wholesale demand for international connectivity following the commissioning the first international submarine cable
Table 1.6.1: Geostationary satellites providing broadband connectivity to Pacific islands
Table 1.7.1: KPIs and expected results of the Development of satellite communications capacity and emergency communications solutions for Small Islands Developing States of the Pacific project
Table 2.3.1: Regulation of access to and pricing of submarine cable capacity in the Pacific islands
Table 2.5.1: Common challenges for submarine cable projects in the Pacific islands
Table 3.1.1: Price caps for IP transit via Fintel
Table 3.1.2: Pricing of entry-level mobile broadband services as a proportion of GNI per capita per month
Table 3.2.1: Pricing of entry-level mobile broadband services as a proportion of GNI per capita per month
Table 3.3.1: Lease capacity pricing on the SAS cable
Table 3.3.2: Pricing of entry-level mobile broadband services as a proportion of GNI per capita per month
Table 3.4.1: Regulated lease capacity pricing
Table 3.4.2: Pricing of entry-level mobile broadband services as a proportion of GNI per capita per month
Table 3.5.1: Pricing of entry-level mobile broadband services as a proportion of GNI per capita per month
Figure 1.4.1: Map of existing and selected proposed international and national submarine cables
Figure 1.5.1: Cumulative rates of growth in wholesale demand for international connectivity following the commissioning the first international submarine cable
Figure 1.6.1: World map of HTS supply (in Gbit/s) for 2015 and 2018
Figure 1.6.2: Impact of HTS technology development on cost per GHz
Figure 3.1.1: Map showing existing and planned cables
Figure 3.2.1: Map showing existing and proposed cables
Figure 3.3.1: Map showing existing and planned cables
Figure 3.4.1: Map showing the existing cable
Figure 3.5.1: Map showing the existing cable