Zambia and Mozambique have officially launched a cross border fibre optic interconnector that links Zambia's national backbone to Mozambique's coastal infrastructure, marking a significant step in Southern Africa's digital integration drive. The project was unveiled at the Chanida–Cassacatiza One. There are now three international subsea cables landing in Mozambique, SEACOM (2009) and EASSy (2010) landing in Maputo, and 2Africa (2023) landing in both Maputo and Nacala. While submarine communications cables are used to connect countries and continents to the Internet, terrestrial fibre optic cables are used to extend this connectivity to landlocked countries or to urban centers within a country. Dejan Kastelic, Group Chief Technology Officer at Vodacom, has announced the successful landing of the 2Africa submarine cable in Nacala-Porto, Mozambique. Vodacom has announced that major submarine cable system 2Africa has landed in Mozambique in the city of Nacala, making it the first submarine cable to land in the north of the country.
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