Côte d’Ivoire will record the deployment of a fourth digital submarine cable to improve its national and international connectivity. The country has just awarded a C1B license to MainOne, a Nigerian operator of connectivity and data center solutions, which will land its submarine cable and build transmission infrastructure in Côte d’Ivoire with the aim of expanding access to the international bandwidth market in Côte d’Ivoire, but also in other countries in the WAEMU zone, and lower bandwidth costs for local internet service providers, mobile operators and businesses local,
$ 20 million investment
With a total investment of $ 20 million, the project that aims to provide wholesale connectivity services will start next June and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2019.
“The landing of the cable will provide an open access infrastructure in Côte d’Ivoire and other WAEMU countries in order to extend Internet access to all users in the region and promote rapid development. an increase in trade in the tertiary sector, and improve public services to encourage the development of regional businesses, “said the Nigerian firm in a statement on April 25.
With service delivery in 10 countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Senegal, Chad), MainOne operates an international 100-Gigabit submarine cable system designed for the growing demand for high-bandwidth internet and application access such as e-Commerce, content providers, OTT players and electronic banking and payment transactions via 3 / 4G mobile networks.
The 7,000 km long, 4.96 terabits per second MainOne submarine cable connects West Africa to Europe through a landing in Portugal and multiple routes to Europe. London, Paris and Amsterdam.
