TTCL completes first phase of SADC fibre optic project
Published on 09 September 2019
By Paul Adepoju
The first phase of the connection of member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been completed with the successful interconnection of Malawi and Zambia.![]()
In August 2019, Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL), which is managing and operating Tanzania's National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB), announced it will manage the implementation of fibre optic connectivity to link up all SADC member states.
The project is expected to interconnect Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Comoros.
Atashasta Nditiye, Tanzania's Deputy Minister for Works, Transport and Communications, said the decision to engage TTCL in the project was taken during the telecommunications meeting of government officials from SADC countries that was held in Mwanza, a port city on the shore of Lake Victoria, in northern Tanzania.
"We agreed to start with the fibre optic cable network which we have in Tanzania so that communication becomes easy within the region for us to exchange various information."
Prior to the SADC project, NICTBB had been extended to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya.
Announcing the project's first phase development, Dr Hassan Abbas, Director of Tanzania Information Services Department and chief government spokesperson said,"In addition to improving TTCL's internet connectivity to provide high-quality internet services to citizens of Tanzania, we also want to improve the community-wide network by establishing a network which will allow for traffic exchange."
He added that when the project is completed, it will drive the growth of digital economy among SADC member states.
"The infrastructure is critical to ensure an increase in the use of, and access to the internet," Abbas added.
Details of the project's timeline and total cost have not yet been disclosed.
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TTCL completes first phase of SADC fibre optic project - ITWeb Africa
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How many of those 30+ storeys do you have?
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Nairobi ( 100K towers in 4 CBDs and 5 towers 美丽中国的)
1. Times tower
2. UAP tower
3. Prism Tower
4. Britam Tower
5. GTC 1
6. GTC 2
7. GTC 3
8. GTC 4
9. GTC 5
Dar es salaam ( 3 Blue Government towers )
1. TPA
2. PPF HQ
3. PSPF 1
4. PSPF 2
5. MNF 1
6. MNF 2
7. RITA Tower
8. Millennium Towers 2
9. Mzizima Commercial Tower
10. Mzizima Residential Tower
Last time we Checked Nairobi
1. GTC office
2. Marriott hotel
3. Britam
4. UAP
5. Times Tower
6. Prism
7. GTC residential 1
8. GTC residential 2
9. GTC residential 3
10. GTC residential 4
11. CBK
Dar
1. TPA
2. MNF
3. PSPF 1
4. PSPF 2
5. PPF HQ
6. Mzizima 1
7. Mzizima 2
Waelewe tu. Hata Rita enyewe haijafika 28 floors na wanasema eti ni 30.Huyo jamaa ndiye anaongoza kusema Dar ina 10 towers over 30 floors....wakati in reality wako na saba pekee,hebu cheki hii ati wanaita twin towersView attachment 1241548
How MNF qualifes to be called a twin tower still baffles me. Then what would we say of NSSF or Telposta Towers below?Last time we checked .
Nairobi ( 100K towers in 4 CBDs and 5 towers 美丽中国的)
1. Times tower
2. UAP tower
3. Prism Tower
4. Britam Tower
5. GTC 1
6. GTC 2
7. GTC 3
8. GTC 4
9. GTC 5
Dar es salaam ( 3 Blue Government towers )
1. TPA
2. PPF HQ
3. PSPF 1
4. PSPF 2
5. MNF 1
6. MNF 2
7. RITA Tower
8. Millennium Towers 2
9. Mzizima Commercial Tower
10. Mzizima Residential Tower
Waelewe tu. Hata Rita enyewe haijafika 28 floors na wanasema eti ni 30.
KICC is a 32-storey building. Ndinda didn't even include itKicc pekee iko na more than 30 floors na hatuihesabu kwa hiyo list kama nyinyi mnavyo hesabu majengo hayajafika 30...mnf yenyewe ndio ifike 30 floors lazima uhesabu hadi ground floor,watika hiyo building ya avic mnakata kuihesabu na iko na 31floor kutoka ground floor. Hebu hesabuni floor za kicc na mnf mniambie in ipi iko na floor mob..heheheeView attachment 1241549View attachment 1241550
I have counted 26 floors 😂 😂 😂 😂Here is Rita tower, less than 27floorsView attachment 1241555
KICC is a 32-storey building. Ndinda didn't even include it
wachina wenyewe waliojenga wanaita MNF1 na MNF2
.. usibishane hapa na mtu aliewah panda hili jengo
Hiyo yetu ingekuwa Dar wangeita Twin Tower. Very funny peopleCompare hii yetu moja na hizo zenu mbiliView attachment 1241569View attachment 1241571