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Maputo (city)

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Kavango

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Scale

Intra-Africa Optical Fibre Network

LegendSA_Zimbabwe

South and Eastern Inland Cables

Zesco - Under Construction 2005 (Zm)

Zesco - Phase III 2008-10 (Zm)

Zesco - Phase II 2006-8 (Zm)

Zesco - Phase I 2005-6 (Zm)

Zesco - Operational (Zm)

UETCL Proposed (Ug)

National Backbone - Phase IV ?? (Ug)

National Backbone - Phase III ?? (Ug)

National Backbone - Phase II 2009 (Ug)

National Backbone - Phase I 2008 (Ug)

UETCL Existing (Ug)

Proposed backbone - 2006 (Tz)

Proposed backbone - 2009 (Tz)

Proposed backbone - 2008 (Tz)

Proposed backbone - 2007 (Tz)

Sudatel - Exisiting Fibre Track (Su)

Sudatel - Fibre Planned Phase II (Su)

Sudatel - Fibre Planned Phase III (Su)

DWDM Network Phase 3 (SA)

DWDM Network Phase 2 (SA)

DWDM Network Phase 1 (SA)

TENET - SEACOM (SA)

TENET - NEOTEL (SA)

TENET - DFA (SA)

SANREN - TELKOM (SA)

Infraco Long Distance Network (SA)

Fibre Only (SA)

Neotel (SA)

Sonatel - Fiber Optics Cable (Sg)

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MTN Backbone - SAT3 -red (Ni)

MTN Backbone - SAT3 - blue (Ni)

MTN Backbone - SAT3 - purple (Ni)

Telecom Namibia Backbone (Na)

Telecom Namibia Natn Backbone (Na)

Telecomunicações de Moçambique - Proposed (Mz)

Telecomunicações de Moçambique - Microwaves (Mz)

Telecomunicações de Moçambique - under Implementn (Mz)

Telecomunicações de Moçambique - Existing Fiber (Mz)

Malawi Telecom - Wireless Link (Mi)

Malawi Telecom - Fibre Backbone (Mi)

ETL - FO Terminating on STM-64 ADM (Lt)

ETL - FO Terminating on STM-4-16 ADM (Lt)

ETL - FO Terminating on STM-1 ADM (Lt)

Western Region (Ke)

Telkom Kenya Network (Ke)

Coast & NE Region (Ke)

Central Region (Ke)

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Fiber Backbone Phase II (Et)

Fiber Backbone Phase I (Et)

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Proposed Fibre Backbone (Bu)

SDH-Fiber 2006-2007 (Bo)

SDH-Fiber 2005-2006 (Bo)

SDH-Fiber 2004-2005 (Bo)

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Blue Fiber Optics (An)

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Atlas Offshore (320GB) Active

EASSy (1400GB) Q2 2010

EIG (3840) Q2 2010

GLO-1 (2500GB) Q2 2010

I-ME-WE (3840GB) Q2 2010

Lion (1300GB) Active

MaIN OnE (1920GB) Q2 2010

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