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Orange launches new high-speed telecoms network across West Africa

Published 10/11/2020, 15:35
Updated 10/11/2020, 15:36
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JOHANNESBURG, Nov 10 (Reuters) - French telecoms company
Orange ORAN.PA launched a new fibre-optic network in West
Africa on Tuesday that will deliver superfast broadband and
other high-speed telecoms services across a region that is home
to over 300 million people.
The network, called Djoliba, couples a 10,000 km
cross-border terrestrial fibre optic network with 10,000 km of
undersea cables to provide high-speed broadband transmission and
seamless connection to Orange's international networks.
Orange is the dominant telecommunications operator in
French-speaking West Africa and says its new network provides
cross-border transmission whereas existing infrastructure in the
region is national.
The new network straddles Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana,
Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal.
"Orange is actively contributing to the development of
undersea and terrestrial infrastructure, which enable the
African continent's digital transformation, by investing 1
billion euros ($1.18 billion) each year," said Alioune Ndiaye,
Orange CEO for the Middle East and Africa.
Though Africa has seen a rapid expansion of internet
penetration, it still lags far behind the rest of the world.
Just 20% of sub-Saharan Africa's roughly one billion
inhabitants are internet users, according to World Bank data.
That compares to nearly 90% in North America.
Orange operates in 18 African countries and boasts over 120
million customers.
Jérôme Barré, Orange's CEO for Wholesale and International
Networks, said the company would consider expanding Djoliba to
cover more African nations in future.

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