Fast Congo – a subsidiary of GBS & the Paratus Group – announces massive fiber capacity is now activated in DRC.
The fiber highway was originally installed and funded by the World Bank following which, last year, the DRC government entity, Société Congolaise de Fibre Optique announced that Fast Congo had won the tender to deploy, operate and maintain the fiber link in an exclusive 15-year license contract. Over the last few months, Fast Congo has been installing the necessary infrastructure to connect the network, which is now live and fully operational.
Speaking at the event, Paratus Group CEO, Mr Schalk Erasmus said: “This is a major milestone in delivering high quality and high-capacity network services in the DRC. We are uniquely placed to connect the country to Angola and Zambia and beyond through our network in southern Africa.”