Globacom, a telecom service provider in Nigeria, recently signed a submarine fiber-optic cable construction contract with Huawei, a Chinese equipment supplier. Huawei is responsible for the construction of the Glo-2 submarine cable system.
Huawei to build Nigeria Glo-2 submarine cable system
The Glo-2 system will be laid along the Nigerian coast, connecting Alpha Beach in Lagos to the South.
Sanjib Roy, regional director of Globacom Technologies, said: 'The Glo-2 will be the first Nigerian submarine cable to be deployed in non-capital areas because the five existing submarine cables only connect the capital Lagos.'
It is reported that Glo-2 will have a capacity of 12 Tbps, and will provide ultra-high speed connectivity for oil platforms and communities to enhance data coverage and support the growth of the corporate market in this region of Nigeria.
This 850km submarine cable will also be integrated into Globacom's existing ground backbone to provide additional service redundancy. The system will consist of three pairs of fibres, the first pair connecting Lagos directly to southern Nigeria. The two pairs of fibres will be equipped with eight switchable branch units (BUs) which will provide high capacity to the offshore oil station and the community directly connected to the BU, while the third pair of fibres will be equipped with two switchable BUs to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.