Mauritania Broadcasting and Optical Cable Investment
The project involves a new high-capacity fiber optic branch connecting Mauritania to Madrid, Spain, through the EllaLink cable system. A 500-Km subsea cable will connect from a new landing station to be built in Nouadhibou—Mauritania's second-largest city—into. The West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (WARCIP) Project helped to increase the geographical reach of broadband networks and reduce the costs of communications services in Mauritania. The deployment of approximately 1,700 kilometers (km) of fiber optic cable enabled. EllaLink and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania today marked the successful landing of a new subsea cable in Nouadhibou, giving the country a second direct, diverse and secure connection to European and international digital hubs. According to the Public Procurement Commission of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Innovation and Modernization of Administration, EllaLink will be responsible for connecting Mauritania to its second submarine fibre optic cable.
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