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Kenya to get fourth undersea fibre optic cable next year

By Standard Digital | 14yrs ago

By Macharia Kamau and Reuters

Kenya will soon be hooked to yet another undersea fibre optic cable following the near completion of the laying of a France Telecom funded Lower Indian Ocean Network 2 (LION2).

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