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Reducing Internet connectivity costs in Africa.(Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System)
The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) will reduce the costs of Internet connectivity in Africa by over 50 percent once it is completed in 2007.
According to developers of the initiative, the EASSy will enhance Africa's access to the Internet by providing high-speed connections through fiber-optic cables.
The initiative aims to enhance the optical fiber link between southern Africa and Djibouti. At its completion, a 9,300km broadband cable will connect the whole African continent. This will put an end to the use of satellite connections normally routed through Europe.
Sammy Kirui, chairperson of the initiative, told participants at ...
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...continent still remaining to be constructed, the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy), aims to complete the telecommunications...from the telecommunications link. The EASSy cable system has been designed to compliment other network...
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- Magazine article from: African Business July 1, 2006 700+ words
...ministers in Johannesburg in June attempts to bridge the digital divide, separating Africa and Europe via the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy). Construction is due to start later this year with completion target for 2008. The $300m...
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...ring around Africa in conjunction with other fiber optic submarine cable systems; * First fiber optic connectivity between Eastern Africa and the global fiber optic network; * Cost-effective alternative transmission medium, providing excellent diversity...
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...telecommunications network. Dubbed the "Eastern Africa Submarine System" (EASSy...said TelOne. The EASSy cable system, when completed, will run...indicated that the EASSy cable system has been strategically designed...confirmed the viability of this cable system ...
- Botswana: BTC to Invest P500 Million in Fiber Optic Cables Link.
- News wire article from: TendersInfo October 12, 2009 700+ words
...undersea fibre optic cable through the West African Cable System (WACS). BTC Group CEO Thapelo Lippe said...BTC sits on the board of the US$210 million Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) to further increase Botswana's bandwidth...
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- News wire article from: TendersInfo September 3, 2009 700+ words
...with Seacom to serve the African region. These include the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy), the East African Marine System (TEAMs) and West African Cable System (WACS). The Minister of Communications, Science and Technology...
- Botswana: Consortium brings cheaper internet connectivity to Botswana.
- News wire article from: TendersInfo September 3, 2009 700+ words
...with Seacom to serve the African region. These include the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy), the East African Marine System (TEAMs) and West African Cable System (WACS). The Minister of Communications, Science and Technology...
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- Magazine article from: African Business Artenstein, Nitay July 1, 2008 700+ words
...Rwanda is the deployment of a fibre-optic cable system throughout the countryside in an effort to provide...East African Marine System (TEAMS) and The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy)--that will land in Mombasa and...
Source: HighBeam Research, Reducing Internet connectivity costs in Africa.(Eastern Africa...