The project covers feasibility studies, the rollout of 60,000-80,000 kilometers of fiber-optic cable nationwide, the installation of a new 192-terabit-per-second submarine cable, and the construction of three data centers, according to Scoop RDC. Fast Congo – a subsidiary of GBS & the Paratus Group – announces massive fiber capacity is now activated in DRC. 5 million people living in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will benefit from faster, cheaper and more reliable digital connectivity thanks to new fibre-optic network investment being rolled out by Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group (BCS) and backed by. The two operators have formed a joint venture Mawezi, which will oversee the management of the optical fibre cable landing station in Muanda, near the mouth of the Congo River. © The logo of Meta Platforms' business group. REUTERS A new underwater optical fibre cable will connect the DRC to the. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed an agreement on Oct. 20 with Mauritius-based investment firm United Investment LMT (UIL) to strengthen its national digital infrastructure, Congolese media reported. The partnership, first agreed in 2023, is estimated to be worth about $150 million. The. SOCOF and APCSC to deploy fibre along new roads in the DRC Congolese Fiber Optic Company (SOCOF SA) has reportedly signed a partnership with the Agency for the Coordination and Monitoring of Collaboration Agreements (APCSC) to deploy optical fibre networks along new roads to be built in the.
