The multinational Google signed an agreement with the Paratus Group, the pan-African leader in the provision of telecommunications services, for the installation of the Equiano cable in the Republic of Namibia and to accelerate connectivity in the southern region of Africa.
According to the official statement, to which MenosFios had access, the agreement includes the construction and management of a terrestrial cable station in Swakopmund for the Equiano submarine cable, and where, with its construction completed, it will represent an expansion in the distribution of services telecommunications, providing countries with the greatest network capacity and connectivity.
"For the Paratus Group, improving infrastructure to provide better connectivity and unlimited quality networks for the Southern African region is a goal that we intend to achieve quickly and consciously” said the spokesman for the Paratus Group, Andrews Hall, quoted in the note.
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It should also be noted that the ground station will also be a meeting point for other operators and customers to collect and distribute its capacity, provide an alternative service to SADC countries, which in turn will increase redundancy to ensure network stability and availability. in greatly improved uptime.
It is also expected that the Equiano cable, which will be the largest on the African continent, will be ready for service in the fourth quarter of 2022 and it is estimated that it can provide a network capacity 20 times greater than that of the previous cable, which will be a great opportunity for consumers throughout the region, which, on the one hand, represents an intervention by the Paratus Group in its global growth strategy to provide quality connectivity services in Africa, on the other hand, the promotion of the potential of companies and investors in the continent .
