Africa’s bandwidth cable
The three foreign operators have joined a consortium of mainly African operators constructing the cable to bring much needed high-speed bandwidth to the continent.
China Telecom and Malaysia Telecom have also shown interest in supporting the mammoth construction project.
Members of the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System met in Johannesburg last month to thrash out the finer details of the task.
A procurement working group will meet this month to assess the tenders submitted by construction companies.
Financial agreements should be signed off in June so construction can begin in July or August, with a completion date in the fourth quarter of 2007.
The cable is expected to cost $200m, and will run from Mtunzini in SA to Port Sudan, with landing points in six countries.
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