Alcatel to lay subsea cable
Alcatel-Lucent, a French infrastructure company, has been awarded a AED 301 million ($82 million) contract to build a submarine telecoms cable between the UAE and Kenya. The UAE's Etisalat has a 15 per cent stake in the East African Marine Systems project. The cable will give businesses in the Gulf high-speed internet access to East Africa.
This content is only available to full MEED package subscribers (MEED magazine and MEED.com).
If you are already a subscriber to the MEED package and have activated your online subscription, sign in
If you are already a subscriber to the MEED package but have not activated your online subscription, please activate here
If you would like to subscribe to the full MEED package and get access to the whole of the website, please subscribe here
If you are a MEED magazine only subscriber and would like full access to MEED.com, please contact Customer Services who will upgrade your subscription.
