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Zamtel finishes installing optic fibre in Lusaka

Zamtel finishes installing optic fibre in Lusaka
By Chibaula Silwamba
Saturday March 29, 2008 [03:00]

ZAMTEL managing director Simon Tembo has said his company has finished installing optical fibre in Lusaka and has since started connecting clients to the network. In an interview yesterday, Tembo said the Lusaka Metropolitan optical fibre would be officially commissioned next month. “We are now selling the service to government departments and business houses,” Tembo said.

The installation of the Lusaka Metropolitan optical fibre project was scheduled to be completed in January but was delayed due to the rains that had flooded some parts of the city. Tembo said after the Lusaka Metropolitan project, ZAMTEL would embark on the national optical fibre installation.

“All the equipment for the national optical fibre is in the country,” said Tembo.

A fibre optical cable is a bundle of glass threads, each of which is capable of transmitting messages modulated onto light waves. ZAMTEL has invested US $5 million (about K19 billion) in the Lusaka Metropolitan and has installed over 20 nods in areas such as Arcades, Manda Hill, Northmead, ZNBC, government complex, University Teaching Hospital (UTH), and University of Zambia (UNZA).

ZAMTEL is phasing out satellite communication and copper cables because they are expensive and have limited capacity to replace them with optical fibre cables.

Labels: ITC, LUSAKA, OPTIC FIBRE, ZAMTEL

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