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Undersea cables open new opportunities for online firms

By James Anyanzwa

The landing of undersea fibre optic cables is giving rise to huge realignments in the telecommunication sector with online advertising and recruitment firms repositioning to reap from cheaper and faster Internet connectivity.
It is expected that operationalisation of the three undersea fibre optic cables —Seacom, The East African Marine System (Teams) and East Africa Submarine System (EASSy) — will usher in a new era of technological boom in the country and lead to a significant drop in the cost of communication.

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