A new agreement means Telecom Namibia can use the Equiano subsea cable, a diversified, low-latency route between Africa and Europe
Telecom Namibia, the government-owned, national telco, has signed an agreement with Sparkle, Telecom Italia’s international infrastructure unit, to use capacity on the Equiano subsea cable. The cable connects Portugal to South Africa. The operator’s strategic objective is to hasten Namibia’s digitalisation and convert it to a knowledge-based economy.
Telecom Namibia runs the largest telecoms network in the country, serving more than 619,000 customers with services including voice, text, data and video solutions.
Under the exclusive agreement, Sparkle will provide Telecom Namibia with capacity services on the Equiano submarine cable, offering a diversified, low latency route between Africa and Europe, supporting Namibia’s digital development and the growing demand for data from neighbouring countries.
Redundancy
In the event of outages, uninterrupted service will be through the SAT-3 and WACS cables. Concluding the agreement, Telecom Namibia’s CEO, Dr Stanley Shanapinda said, “The Equiano cable’s high-speed, low-latency connection will serve as a catalyst for innovation and economic growth across the nation.”
Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle, added, “We are also proud to see how our infrastructure on Equiano is proving crucial for the evolution of the telecommunications sector in the African continent”.
Sparkle describes itself as “the leading global Tier-1 operator in Africa thanks to its Seabone IP backbone, boasting extensive coverage in the continent, a wide network of Points of Presence (PoPs) across North Africa, Nigeria, South Africa, and Djibouti, as well as fiber capacity on the Equiano subsea cable.”