Tanzania extends broadband backbone to Mozambique border Sign in with LinkedIn
2h | Alan Burkitt-Gray Tanzania is to extend its national broadband backbone to the neighbouring east African country of Mozambique.
Faustine Ndugulile (pictured), the country’s minister for communications and information technology, said the fibre network would be extended 72km from Mangaka to the town of Mtambaswala, from which it would extend south to the Unity Bridge across the Rovuma River to Mozambique.
“Transmission systems will be installed at Mtambaswala and Masasi stations to facilitate communication services in Mtambaswala and across Mozambique,” said Ndugulile.
Tanzania has already extended its backbone to other neighbouring countries, Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, to further its aim to become a hub for ICT infrastructure and solutions in the region.