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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>MTN Group has unveiled plans to build a R6-billion (US$314 million) terrestrial fibre cable to connect 10 countries, as telcos push to expand service to Africa\u2019s growing population.<\/b><\/p>\n

The company, through its MTN GlobalConnect unit (now Bayobab) and the Africa50 infrastructure investment agency, will start building the East2West link in the fourth quarter, it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The project will add about 20,000km of new cable and interconnect over 100,000km of fibre.<\/p>\n

For MTN, the deal follows its recent venture to land Google\u2019s Equiano subsea cable in Cape Town late last year as part of a push to connect African countries to Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

While the undersea systems bring fast broadband to coastal cities, inland cables are needed to connect landlocked countries.<\/p>\n

Wireless carriers in Africa are increasingly investing in infrastructure as they seek to make money from services offered on their networks. MTN is in the process of carving out its infrastructure wholesale firm GlobalConnect, which is being rebranded as Bayobab, and plans to roll out a total of 135,000km of fibre by 2025, generating about a billion dollars in revenue.<\/p>\n

Africa needs at least 500 000km more fibre, according to MTN. Wireless operators and US technology giants including Google and Meta Platforms are also heavily investing in efforts to provide better connections to the continent\u2019s young, fast-growing and tech-savvy population.<\/p>\n

The new MTN pipes will be constructed in three phases and run through countries including Kenya, Nigeria and Congo. The fibre will significantly speed up services such as video streaming and cloud computing once completed, with the last stage expected to be ready in 2025.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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