Tata and Africa Development Solutions combine forces to build new fiber backbone across the continent

Tata Communications Transformation Services (Tata) said it is partnering with Africa Development Solutions (ADS Group) to facilitate building a fiber infrastructure backbone across Africa. Tata will perform pre-feasibility assessments with ADS for African nations, studying existing as well as planned fiber infrastructure and deploy a strong multi-country connectivity infrastructure backbone.

As a first step, Tata and ADS are jointly coordinating the delivery of the “Western African Digital Pool”, which consists of deploying internet connectivity over 7 African countries, including Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Mali. This project will be conducted in conjunction with Smart Africa and is considered a major step towards the implementation of a single digital market in Africa. Proposed technologies may include aerial fibre and free space optical cables to ensure fast deployment, and best quality at affordable prices.

Tata and ADS plan to deliver the required infrastructure upon completion of the preliminary studies, currently undergoing the first phase. Tata’s experience offers ADS an edge in terms of market awareness, product knowledge, best practices and multi-vendor domain skills that can enable ADS to deliver real world success and value to customers.

Source: Telecompaper