African-owned communications services company, MainOne has extended its submarine cable services to the West African country of Senegal.
In making the announcement via a tweet, MainOne said it decided to extend the submarine cable to Senegal as part of its effort to deliver innovative telecoms and network solutions to companies in West Africa.
“We are happy to announce the landing of the MainOne submarine cable into Senegal in partnership with @CI_Orange & @GroupeSonatel,” it announced via its twitter handle @Mainoneservice.
It added that the cable lands months ahead of schedule aboard the Pierre de Fermat vessel, arriving from Brest, France on August 29th.
The landing will be directly connected into four of West Africa’s largest countries, being Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and now Senegal. The landing of the cable will empower the countries’ digital ecosystems, drive connectivity and improve internet enabled access.