Alcatel-Lucent has signed a contract worth EUR21 million (R228 million) with Telecomunicacoes de Mocambique (TDM), the Mozambican state-owned telecommunications company, to deploy the third phase of Mozambique's national transmission network.
According to Alcatel-Lucent, it recently finished the first two phases, laying 2 970 km of optical fibre across the country. It says the third phase involves the laying of another 2 585 km of optical fibre, as well as the deployment of its optical transmission solutions to connect any remaining geographic areas.
“Alcatel-Lucent's optical transport solutions will provide TDM with the capacity, reliability, flexibility and scalability to efficiently address the country's communication demands,” says Adolfo Hernandez, president of Alcatel-Lucent's activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Once the third stage is completed, notes Alcatel-Lucent, Mozambique will be equipped with one of Africa's most modern and widespread fibre optic backbones that will interface with neighbouring landlocked countries and support Mozambican economic growth as well as social development.
According to the company, the entire project is scheduled for completion in 2011 and will span 5 500km in total, “connecting Mozambican citizens and companies to the worldwide submarine network and bringing high-speed connectivity to provincial capitals across the country”.
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