Tag: Submarine cable infrastructure
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Largest subsea cable on the African continent extended to Namibia
London, Feb. 23, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Largest subsea cable on the African continent is to be extended to Namibia courtesy of Paratus and Telecom Namibia which signed an unprecedented agreement to land the subsea cable, Equiano, in Namibia. The cable will provide Namibian networks and their customers with greater capacity, enabling more product options that can stimulate economic growth and support ... -
West Africa’s first commercial submarine cable nears completion
London, Oct. 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-There is bust of excitement among telecom operators across Africa after Telecommunications company MainOne finally landed its submarine cable in Grand Bassam, Cote d’Iviore, which is the final leg of the ongoing expansion to reach Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire. The Grand Bassam landing which follows the recent completion of the landing ... -
Kenya partners Djibouti to construct $59m submarine cable
London, June 10, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Kenya and Djibouti have announced plans to collaborate and put resources together for the construction of Kenya’s fifth submarine cable at a cost of $59m. The Director of Shared Services at the ICT Authority Robert Mugo said the project dubbed ‘the Djibouti Africa Regional Express (DARE) is aimed at powering an inclusive digital ... -
Operators move to protect Nigeria’s $3bn submarine cable infrastructure
Lagos, Dec. 13, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s submarine cable operators on Wednesday formed a coalition for the protection of submarine cable investment worth over $3bn. They identified the submarine cable as a critical national infrastructure that should be protected as it was relevant to the economic and socio-political development of the country Ntel’s South Atlantic 3 fibre ...
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