Nexans’ first ever intercontinental project to supply 6000 km of their second generation submarine will connect continents to bring high speed broadband to West Africa.
December 19, 2016
The contract to supply 6000 km of their second generation submarine Repeatered Optical Cables (ROC) for Phase II of the National Broadband Network (“NBNII”) project linking Cameroon and Brazil has been awarded to Nexans by Huawei Marine Networks. This project will be Nexans’ first intercontinental project and will help to meet the growing data connectivity needs of the African and South American continents.
The cable system will be manufactured and tested at Nexans’ Rognan factory in Norway with delivery completed by end of 2017. In 2015, Nexans in partnership with Huawei Marine delivered the Nigeria Cameroon Submarine Cable System (“NCSCS”) which constituted Phase I of Cameroon’s National Broadband Network development being developed for Camtel, Cameroon’s national telecom company.
