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Facebook, telcos to build huge subsea cable for Africa and Middle East

Facebook, and a bunch of telecom firms together with China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, and Vodafone, are taking part to build the “most comprehensive” subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East area the place just about one billion persons are nonetheless offlin…
Facebook, and a group of telecom companies including China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, and Vodafone, are collaborating to build the “most comprehensive” subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region where nearly a billion people are still offlin…

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Author: Manish Singh

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