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According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook is in talks to build an undersea cable system
to connect several coastal African countries.
The project, called Simba, will connect the eastern and western coasts of the African continent with the Mediterranean coast
.
The exact number of landing sites is still being discussed, so negotiations could fall through
.
Facebook spokesman Travis Reed declined to confirm the plans in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, adding that "when we think about submarine cable routes, we look around the world
.
" ”
The cable will provide dedicated connectivity
to the African market for Facebook's European and Asian data centers.
Last year, Japanese telecommunications provider NEC installed the first fiber-optic cable
connecting Africa to the Americas.
The cable, commissioned by African wholesale telecommunications operator Angola Cable to connect Luanda, Angola, with Fortaleza, Brazil, promises to reduce latency from 350 milliseconds to 63 milliseconds, as well as reduce the cost
of internet connectivity between the two continents.
As Facebook faces market saturation in Western markets, the company is looking elsewhere to continue its global expansion
.
The company has about 2.
7 billion users on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, so there is a real need to expand into markets
like Africa and China.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook is in talks to build an undersea cable system
to connect several coastal African countries.
The project, called Simba, will connect the eastern and western coasts of the African continent with the Mediterranean coast
.
The exact number of landing sites is still being discussed, so negotiations could fall through
.
Facebook spokesman Travis Reed declined to confirm the plans in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, adding that "when we think about submarine cable routes, we look around the world
.
" ”
The cable will provide dedicated connectivity
to the African market for Facebook's European and Asian data centers.
Last year, Japanese telecommunications provider NEC installed the first fiber-optic cable
connecting Africa to the Americas.
The cable, commissioned by African wholesale telecommunications operator Angola Cable to connect Luanda, Angola, with Fortaleza, Brazil, promises to reduce latency from 350 milliseconds to 63 milliseconds, as well as reduce the cost
of internet connectivity between the two continents.
As Facebook faces market saturation in Western markets, the company is looking elsewhere to continue its global expansion
.
The company has about 2.
7 billion users on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, so there is a real need to expand into markets
like Africa and China.
