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Guinea will be opened the submarine optical fiber cable during the year


【Guinea will be opened the submarine optical fiber cable during the year】According to new reports, ACE undersea fiber optic cable will access to Guinea in February, and will be officially put into use in September, which marks the Guinea henceforth by high-speed Internet with the outside world to connect.

At present, you need pay 450,000 francs (U.S. $ 63) for a network card in Guinea. However, the card price will be lower than 50 000 a few francs ($ 7) after the fiber optic cable access, which will greatly accelerate the popularity of the Internet of Guinea.

ACE submarine fiber optic cable began in Spain, will be extended to South Africa. It has a total distance of 17,000 km and a bandwidth of 5.12TB, has 22 middle junction. The project led by France Telecom, and the World Bank to invest $ 34 million for it.