Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation Tours Marine Fibre Optic Cables Landing Station in Mombasa
The Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation undertook an inspection visit of The East African Marine Systems landing Station in Mombasa.
The delegation of Legislators, led by tbe Committee’s chairperson Hon. John Kiarie (Dagoretti South), sought to understand how the fibre optic marine cable systems work, as well us have a discussion with the managing team on possible challenges and areas of improvement that needed the MP’s intervention.
From the meeting, the Committee understood that there are now 6 submarine cables landing in Kenya, managed by Telkom Kenya, which is the largest shareholder in most.
TEAMS is an initiative spearheaded by the government of Kenya since 2009 to link the country to the rest of the world through a submarine fibre optic cable.
The TEAMS cable is connected to the Kenya national fiber backbone network and other major backhaul providers, thus extending the gigabit submarine capacity to the rest of the East African countries: Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania through cross-border connectivity arrangements.
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