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COMTEL Project

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COMTEL Project is a program of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) aimed at creating a regional telecommunications infrastructure[1] for the 21 member states via a fiber backbone. This will help member states get rid of satellite links they currently use for their transit traffic between themselves going via Europe, America and Asia.

Implementation

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COMESA allegedly entered into an agreement with the Anderberg-Ericsson Consortium of Mauritus as a strategic equity partner;[2] however, it was subsequently reported that Ericsson would not participate as an equity partner.[3] On February 26, 2007, it was announced that the COMTEL Project had encountered delays, leading to individual member countries developing their own regional telecommunication infrastructures.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "COMTEL Project Under Intense Scrutiny". www.panapress.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Malakata, Michael. "Comtel project stalls as countries go their own way". Network World. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 2018-08-01.