Glo 1 submarine cable heads for Ghana, Nigeria
GLOBACOM'S multi-billion naira international submarine cable, Glo 1, will land in Ghana within the next one and a half months en route Nigeria. It will connect West Africa to the United Kingdom with dedicated extension to the U.S.
In preparation for the high capacity cable's landing in Ghana and Nigeria, the landing stations of Glo 1 in both Accra and Lagos will be delivered to Globacom this month.
The 9,500-km cable will enable Globacom to have a clear distinction in providing quality voice and data services through multiple redundant and high quality direct links to various countries across the globe and will enhance Globacom's interconnectivity with many international networks and leading traffic carriers in the world.
The bandwidth requirements of Nigeria and West Africa will also receive a major boost with the commissioning of Glo-1 slated for later in the year.
In a statement in Lagos, Globacom's Group Chief Operating Officer (GCOO), Mr. Mohamed Jameel, said that the commissioning of the infrastructure was imminent.
In readiness for the launch, Jameel stated that 4,400 kilometres of the undersea cable had already been laid from United Kingdom through Portugal up to Nouakchott in Mauritania.
He added that cable laying from Nouakchott to Nigeria had started and that the shipload of cable required to complete the laying of the facility to Nigeria was already on the way.
The GCOO said that the submarine cable, with a mega capacity, would have landing points in United Kingdom, Portugal, Morocco, Ghana and Senegal as well as in Lagos and Bonny in Nigeria.
Landing points will also be extended to other West Africa countries by the fourth quarter of this year. There will be 18 branching units along the route upon completion of the project.
