In order to update and improve the quality of communications the Directorate General of Telecommunications decided to replace the underwater cable between Taiwan and Penghu with an optical cable as part of the Telecommunication Modernization Project, one of the Fourteen Major Construction Projects undertaken by the government.
由於近年來政府積極開發澎湖離島，澎湖的觀光事業也發展極速，與台灣本島的通訊量於是大增，原有的銅軸海纜早已經不堪負荷。為提高通訊品質，電信總局決定配合十四項建設中「電信現代化計畫」，將澎湖現有的銅軸海纜更換為光纖海纜。