Africa gets a slice of advanced telecommunication engineering action
Telecommunications engineering company Plessey has been appointed by Neotel and MTN to co-build the planned South African long-distance fibre optic network and has already got to work with the first leg of the project.
You may have heard on the telecommunications engineering development grapevine that when completed, the fibre network will cover 5,000 km and connect the major centres across the country, according to Neotel.
And it is hoped that the new network will "take Africa to the world and bring the world to Africa, by linking with the undersea cables such as EASSy and SEACOM, currently under construction along the eastern coast of Africa".
Infinite bandwidth capacity will be provided to both Neotel and MTN, allowing voice and data information to be transferred at higher speeds over larger distances, which will require less power than traditional copper cables.
Commenting on the announcement, Ajay Pandey, chief executive officer and managing director of Neotel, states: "The appointment of Plessey was imperative to the success of building the optic fibre network. This project once completed will redefine the telecommunications landscape in South Africa and the rest of Africa."
The company announced earlier this year that it had formed an agreement with MTN to co-build the fibre optic network, a telecommunications engineering development you may think is essential for the progression of broadband.
Furthermore, Neotel called the deal "an historic agreement".
Written by Luke Sutcliffe.
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