TOKYO -- Three companies' bids to build an undersea cable for Pacific islands, including a Chinese company's low bid, have been invalidated, Nikkei has learned.
US has warned that Beijing could use undersea infrastructure for spying

Japan's NEC, France's Alcatel Submarine Networks and China's Huawei Marine had submitted bids for a project to connect Nauru, Micronesia and Kiribati with an optical cable. (Source photo by AP)
TOKYO -- Three companies' bids to build an undersea cable for Pacific islands, including a Chinese company's low bid, have been invalidated, Nikkei has learned.