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Article: $82m fibre optic internet connection provides boost to Kenya's tech sector

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June 19, 2009
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LAST FRIDAY was a historic day for Kenya's nascent technology sector but Paul Kukubo, chief executive of Kenya's ICT Board, wasn't celebrating in Mombasa.

The reason for celebration was the landing of the East Africa Marine System (Teams) telecommunications cable which, for the first time, provides Kenya with a high bandwidth connection to the internet backbone, rather than expensive satellite links.

The $82 million submarine fibre optic cable links the Mombasa coast with Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It has an initial capacity of 40 Gbit per second which can be upgraded to 640 Gbit per second.

"Within two months, the cost will come down and we will have the quality of service to do ...

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