WINDHOEK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Pan-African network connectivity company Paratus Africa has availed a fiber network that stretches from the West coast to the East coast of Africa.
The Trans-Kalahari Fiber network extends about 4,160 km from the West Africa Cable System (WACS) cable landing station in Swakopmund to the EASSY cable landing station in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
Paratus Group's chief operating officer, Schalk Erasmus said the company started with the construction of the cable route from Windhoek to Swakopmund in 2017 and at the end of April 2018, the second-phase route from Windhoek to the Botswana border was completed.
"This is a huge milestone as we can now deliver WACS capacity to land-locked countries in which we have operational branches including Botswana and Zambia," Erasmus said.
Erasmus said the new route will allow operators to think differently about their requirements for diverse routes within and around the African continent.
"We believe that the fiber optic network provides high-quality reliability and scalability with high access speeds to contend with the demand on bandwidth. We certainly want to take advantage of the countless opportunities in Africa and we are therefore engaging other land-locked nations to leverage our fiber backbone and WACS capacity," he added.
Paratus Africa currently provides connectivity services to more than 20 African countries through an extensive partner network and boasts operational offices in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and South Africa.
