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New submarine cable to make Internet access 10 times faster

Liquid Sea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liquid Telecom, is planning to transform the speed, reliability and cost of Internet in Africa through a new sub-sea cable that will link the continent to the Middle East and Europe.

The cable will cover about 10,000 kilometres from South Africa to the Middle East and will be connected to Liquid Telecom’s pan-African terrestrial network.

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