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Tanzanian national ICT backbone extension to Mozambique gets under way, plans to connect to DRC

Thursday 10 June 2021 | 10:51 CET | News
The Tanzanian government says it has built 7,610 kilometres of the national ICT broadband backbone, The Citizen reported. Construction of another 409 kilometres of the backbone is under way to link the country to Mozambique. ICT minister Faustine Ndugulile said the government expects to build 1,880 kilometres more during the next few months.

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Countries: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the / Mozambique / Tanzania, United Republic of
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