A new underwater optical fibre cable will connect the DRC to the rest of the world. On 21 September, the 2Africa cable, led by the Meta consortium (formerly Facebook), landed on a beach in Muanda, in the Kongo Central province. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is looking at the Congo River as a new route for expanding its national fiber-optic network. Note that Recommendation ITU-T L. 0, in February. Practical guide to direct-burial fiber cable: cable types, trenching vs plowing, burial depth, warning tape, testing and field best practices for durable underground links. BCS Group CEO officially announced this. The project consists in the construction of 10,000 km of fibre-optic cables as part of a regional backbone in 5 countries, including backbone as well as metro networks. The 5 countries covered by the project are located in Central and Southern Africa and includes: the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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