DRC Fast Congo fibre launched
Fast Congo, which is owned by GBS and the Paratus Group, says that a lot of fibre capacity has been turned on in DRC.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Fast Congo, part of the Paratus Group, states that its 620-kilometer fiber optic network link between Muanda on the West Coast and Kinshasa, the capital, is now up and operating. The fiber link will make it easy for the area to connect immediately to the Paratus Group’s pan-African network.
The fiber highway was originally built and paid for by the World Bank. Last year, the DRC government agency Société Congolaise de Fibre Optique (SOCOF) announced that Fast Congo had won the bid to deploy, operate, and maintain the fiber link under an exclusive 15-year license contract.
Fast Congo has implemented the infrastructure needed to connect the network for the past few months. The network is now online and fully functional.
Adding DRC to its network gives Paratus group a unique and well-connected footprint in Africa. It has offices in 7 SADC countries, 5 Data Centers (including the Google Equiano Cable landing station in Namibia), 6,000 VSAT terminals, an extended network with satellite connectivity-focused service in more than 37 African countries, and international points of presence (PoPs) in the UK, Europe, and the USA.
At the occasion, Mr. Schalk Erasmus, the CEO of Paratus Group, said, “This is a big step towards providing high-quality, high-capacity network services in the DRC. Through our network in southern Africa, we are the only ones who can connect the country to Angola, Zambia, and other places. Read More…
