Orange Co-Built a New Submarine Cable to South Africa, Free Will Also Participate
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The installation will start in 2027, for commissioning in 2028, in order to secure the digital connections of the French department.
The fiber can arrive in front of almost every door and the 5G always cover more territory. Yet, for an island located nearly 9,000 kilometers from Paris, everything can finally depend on a few cables laid at the bottom of the ocean. This is precisely the problem to which Reunion must prepare today. Free comes officializing [...]
Orange announced on Wednesday that it had joined a consortium of operators to pull a new submarine cable between Réunion and South Africa. Co-financed by the European Union, the digital highway promises more speed, less latency and better connectivity on the island.
After more than 125 million euros invested on the island since 2017, Free is participating in the ReuNION project, a new 93 million euros submarine cable that will link La Réunion directly to South Africa. Its commissioning is planned in 2028. Free continues its investments in infrastructures in Réunion. The operator participates in the project [...] The Free article invests heavily in a submarine cable to secure the connection of La Réunion has…
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