Congo-Brazzaville

[Jeremy]

Congo-Brazzaville is also finishing up it's national fibre grid.

Running through the entire country from Pointe-Noire to Ouesso. Also
two important "fingers" divert from the main route, "finger 1" to
Kinshasa in DRC and "finger 2" to Mbinda (town right on the border to
Gabon).

More info here:

http://www.congotelecom.cg/html/fibreoptique.php

http://www.afriqueavenir.org/en/2010/05/26/ict-the-congo-brazzaville-is-renewing-its-connections/


On a side note: Congo-Brazzaville connects to WACS but not ACE. Gabon
connects to ACE but not WACS. Would be cool if the two countries would
make the fibre networks meet, fx at Mbinda and help eachother divert
the loads.

[Song, Stephen]

Thanks for all that info.  I extracted the attached two maps from the World Bank documents.  Can anyone comment on what parts of the fibre in Gabon and/or Congo may be live already?

Thanks... Steve

On 13 May 2012 22:21, Bintou Dimbala <bintou...@gmail.com> wrote:

In an interesting turn of events, the inter-connection of the fibre
networks of Congo and Gabon will take place, just like mentioned in
the previous post.

Gabon will connect it's fibre optic national grid to the fibre optic
national grid of Congo at Mayoko (right next to Mbinda) in order to
share the loads.

Information from the 14th March 2012 about this project (in French):
http://www.devex.com/en/projects/central-african-backbone-project-in-gabon-recruitment-of-a-consultant-for-the-drafting-of-tender-document-and-assistance-in-the-selection-of-an-operat

Information from the 19th March 2012 about the funding of this project
(in English):
http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=282823&menuPK=2183619&Projectid=P122776

All the best,
Bintou

On Jul 7 2011, 7:42 pm, Jeremy <b7136...@klzlk.com> wrote:
> Congo-Brazzaville is also finishing up it's national fibre grid.
>
> Running through the entire country from Pointe-Noire to Ouesso. Also
> two important "fingers" divert from the main route, "finger 1" to
> Kinshasa in DRC and "finger 2" to Mbinda (town right on the border to
> Gabon).
>
> More info here:
>
> http://www.congotelecom.cg/html/fibreoptique.php
>

> http://www.afriqueavenir.org/en/2010/05/26/ict-the-congo-brazzaville-...

>
> On a side note: Congo-Brazzaville connects to WACS but not ACE. Gabon
> connects to ACE but not WACS. Would be cool if the two countries would
> make the fibre networks meet, fx at Mbinda and help eachother divert
> the loads.

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[Bintou Dimbala]

None of them are live yet, as far as I know. I know the work on the first phase of Congo's fibre from Pointe-Noire to Brazzaville is on-going, but I don't think they've opened it yet. A have noticed though that Airtel is already offering 3G usb-dongles in Brazzaville. Gabon is still in the planning phases, at least outside of Libreville and Port-Gentil. Gabon Telecom is advertising on national television that ADSL in Franceville is available now. But how they get ADSL speeds to the Bateke plateau is anyone's guess. Must be satelite. I'm not sure about the pricing nor the actual speed. But at least hope is kindled now. We'll all be connected eventually.

Bintou
 

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[Song, Stephen]

Thanks Bintou! I don't suppose you or anyone else has telecom contacts in those countries who might be able to offer more detail?

Regards... Steve

[Bjorn Kreuger]

Hello!

I was wondering if anyone had any updates on when Kinshasa would be connected. (Maybe it's already connected?)

Thanks!

Bjorn

Op zondag 20 mei 2012 22:30:47 UTC+2 schreef Steve Song:

[Song, Stephen]

Hi Bjorn,

According to this article 

http://radiookapi.net/economie/2013/07/09/ce-va-apporter-lexploitation-de-la-fibre-optique-la-rdc/

connectivity via the WACS cable was established in July 2013.  It is operated by the incumbent Société congolaise des postes et télécommunications (SCPT) which doesn't necessarily bode well for any instantaneous price drops.  And indeed, it appears MNOs are complaining about the price and the expected reliability of the cable

http://afrique.kongotimes.info/eco_tech/6480-connexion-fibre-optique-congo-prix-scpt-seraient-dix-fois-superieurs-ceux-pratiques-dans-autres-pays-afrique-telephonie-cellulaire-operateurs-telecoms-boudent-fixes.html

Cheers... Steve

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