[Kictanet] Ethiopia on International Optical Fibre!!!!!

[Joseph Mucheru]

This is great news for Kenya, 12 months is a great to know and am certain
consumers will benefit.

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Joseph Mucheru
Chief Executive
mucheru at wananchi.com


> From: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> Reply-To: Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet <kictanet at kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:14:03 +0300 (EAT)
> To: <mucheru at wananchi.com>
> Subject: Re: [Kictanet] Ethiopia on International Optical Fibre!!!!!
> 
> Dear Brian,
> We (Telkom) shall finish our Digital Microwave link to Ethiopia by
> January.  Ethiopia is to link to Port Sudan Undersea Cable.  In simple
> terms we shall have STM-1 link to Port Sudan very soon.  Ethiopia's
> terrestrial network is 200 Km from Moyale.  We should be in Moyale and
> most of District H/Qs on our terrestrial fibre links in 8 months (The
> tender has already been advertized). Whether or not the TEAMs or EASSY
> start, we shall be linked to the sea cables in 12 months.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Ndemo.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> You may not believe this but I am sitting in Addis right now and
>> seeing latency of 120ms on a ping to BBC in the UK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> 
>> Apparently the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) did a
>> deal with Sudan to get access by extending the national fibre optic
>> between two towns close to the border. Interestingly enough this came
>> about after another project to link Ethiopia via Eritrea stalled due
>> to cross-border negotiations.
>> 
>> At an estimated project cost of approx US$690,000 the country now has
>> fairly good internet connectivity. The project was initiated in
>> February this year and completed by August with 34 Mbps from Verizon.
>> An invitation for bids to provide 155Mbps (STM-1) was also launched
>> at the same time.
>> 
>> This is a v. good example of how terrestrial networks can provide a
>> quick alternative means of providing international connectivity.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
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