ASTCA
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of Saturday, July 10th, 2021, ASTCA Engineering teams have made great progress and continue to gradually restore all services. Landline, Broadband, and LTE Mobile Data services have been restored; ASTCA TV is pending.
Though the connection in Ta’u is good and stable,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of July 5th, just over 500 households in American Samoa have enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program, administered by the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC), according to FCC public data.
The new initiative is to help families and households...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manu’a is still experiencing a partial outage with Broadband being the only available service, the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority said in an update to the public released Monday night.
“Connection is stable with reduced speeds as reported on our last update...
Manu’a Islands, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manu’a is still experiencing a partial outage with Broadband being the only service that is currently active with a stable connection, although speeds have been reduced using the VSAT (satellite) solution.
The American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority on Friday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASTCA stated in a press release Monday night that the semi-antonymous government agency chartered a Samoa Airways aircraft to the Manu’a Islands on Sunday during a brief weather opening. The flight transported emergency Engineering teams, Field crew, supplies and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) ASTCA has updated the status of their services outage in Manu’a. Sunday evening a press release was issued stating that improved weather conditions are now permitting ASTCA crews to charter a Samoa Airways aircraft...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) ASTCA issued a press release on earlier Saturday saying that the Manu’a islands are experiencing a full service outage affecting Landline, Broadband, TV and LTE Mobile services.
Efforts to determine the cause of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two weeks ago, Samoa News received information that Aleki Sene Jr. had been suspended from his role as chair of the board of the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) — until further notice. A source told Samoa News that the decision to suspend Sene Jr was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The chair of the America Samoa Telecommunication Authority (ASTCA) Board, Aleki Sene Jr has been suspended from his role, as chair — until further notice.
A source told Samoa News that the decision to suspend Sene Jr was based on the issue that there is a conflict of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an advertisement posted, starting yesterday on its website, the American Samoa TeleCommunication Authority (ASTCA) is looking to hire a new chief executive officer, who will work closely with the ASTCA board of directors, serving as the primary link between the...









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