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Huawei Marine partners
with PCCW to construct
submarine cable
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n a further boost for African Internet
connectivity, Huawei Marine has
announced that it will partner with PCCW
Global to construct the first submarine cable
between Mauritius and Rodrigues Island. This
will be Huawei’s 12th submarine cable system
deployed in the African region to meet the
increasing demand for internet connectivity. Frederick Chui, Senior Vice President of Global
Data Sales, PCCW Global, said, “This project is
very exciting for us because we are using our
experience gained in designing, building and
maintaining submarine cables around the
world to assist another service provider, in this
case Mauritius Telecom, to commission their
own fully-maintained cable investment.
Located north-east of Mauritius, Rodrigues
is a small volcanic island, with its local
telecommunications services currently
provided by satellite connectivity. PCCW
Global – which has a regional centre in
South Africa – has agreed with Mauritius
Telecom to construct and maintain a
high-speed submarine cable connecting
Rodrigues and Mauritius. “This completely eliminates any risk in the
development, maintenance and operation
of what might otherwise have been a
technically daunting project.”
The 700km submarine cable has a design
capacity of 16Tbit/s. Huawei Marine will
provide the end-to-end solution and deploy
the system with a ready for service date in
2019. When commissioned, the system will
cater for increased bandwidth demand of
Rodrigues residents and business enterprises
over the next 25 years.
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Mike Constable, Chief Executive of Huawei
Marine, added: “We are proud to collaborate
with Mauritius Telecom and PCCW Global to
revolutionise the broadband infrastructure of
Rodrigues by providing a step-change in high
speed Internet connectivity and facilitate
the growth of digital communications. This
is the 12th submarine cable system we
have deployed in the African region, which
reinforces the confidence in our technology
and robust network solutions to further
enable the transformation of the region’s
digital economy.” n
Huawei Marine is to partner with PCCW
Global to construct the first submarine cable
between Mauritius and Rodrigues Island
Mike Constable, Chief Executive of
Huawei Marine
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