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GRIDCo agrees to lease fibre capacity to CSquared to boost internet access in Ghana

Thursday 22 April 2021 | 11:24 CET | News
Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and African wholesale open-access broadband infrastructure provider CSquared have signed an agreement to expand internet penetration. GRIDCo will lease excess fibre capacity to Ghanaian mobile network operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). GRIDCo uses an Optical Ground Wire System (OPGW), which protects the transmission system against lightning strikes, and the OPGW could be utilised as fibre for communication purposes.

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