Fibre network goes live in Zambia
CEC Liquid Telecom has announced that phase one of its countrywide fibre network in Zambia is now live and providing much-needed broadband connectivity to mobile operators, ISPs, banks and other corporations. Phase one is a fibre link between the capital city Lusaka and the Zambian Copperbelt.
Phase one of CEC Liquid Telecom's countrywide fibre network in Zambia is live (image: stock.xchng)
Liquid Telecom is building the largest regional fibre network across Central Africa which will provide backhaul between most urban areas and last mile connectivity in the main cities. It will be directly connected to the submarine cables of Seacom, SAT3, WACS and Eassy.
“This is a very welcome development for the telecommunications industry in Zambia. There is now an additional choice to enable operators such as ourselves to provide exceptional and affordable services to the end users who now expect much faster and more reliable connections,” said Chishala Kateka, managing director of ZAMNET, an ISP in Zimbabwe.
The network will provide virtually unlimited broadband capacity within and into Zambia and is already increasing competition and reducing end-user broadband prices by more than 50% in some areas.
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