SAIL is a (4×2 pair) submarine cable that links Cameroon (from the city of Kribi) to Brazil (city of Fortaleza) over an approximate distance of 6000 Km. Operational since September 2018 with a capacity of 32 Tbps, it enables the intercontinental transportation of traffic between the. The partnership will improve connectivity in Cameroon and support the increasing demand for internet. Cameroon's incumbent telecom operator, Camtel, has announced the deployment of an additional 3,500 km of fiber optic cable starting in 2024. Speaking about the project last October 17 during the Yaoundé Digital Week, MD Judith Yah Sunday said it primarily targets rural areas. CAMTEL, the State-owned telecommunications Operator in Cameroon has access rights on four subsea cables that are key for the connectivity of the sub-region, namely: WACS, SAT3, NCSCS and the SAIL subsea cable that connects Cameroon to Brazil. Government has officially handed over to Cameroon Telecommunications, CAMTEL, a 78-strand fibre optic cable deployed overhead in the Southern Interconnected Grid, SIG, along the Yaounde-Boumnyebel-Edea-Kribi-Douala-Limbe-Nkongsamba-Bafousssam-Bamenda segment. The Central Africa Backbone (CAB) project aims to connect the countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) via high-speed telecommunications infrastructure.
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