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Article: SEACOM connectivity extends across East Africa.(NEW CABLES)
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- Submarine Fiber Optic Communications
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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SEACOM, Uganda Telecom Ltd. (UTL), and Rwandatel S.A. (RTL) announced a major partnership that further extends the reach of international broadband capacity across eastern Africa.
Through concurrent deals, UTL and RTL, both subsidiaries of the Libyan Africa Portfolio (LAP) Green Networks, have purchased a significant amount of international broadband capacity from SEACOM whilst SEACOM has in turn secured a backhaul solution for Rwanda on the two regional players' terrestrial networks between Kampala, Uganda and Kigali, Rwanda. Under the terms of the partnership agreement, both entities will have immediate access to the SEACOM network.
While Uganda has ...