The project involves a new high-capacity fiber optic branch connecting Mauritania to Madrid, Spain, through the EllaLink cable system. A 500-Km subsea cable will connect from a new landing station to be built in Nouadhibou—Mauritania's second-largest city—into. The West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (WARCIP) Project helped to increase the geographical reach of broadband networks and reduce the costs of communications services in Mauritania. The cable will deliver an initial capacity of 200 Gbps, scalable to 12 Tbps, linking the country to Europe and South America. Internet. Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Louly, the Mauritanian Minister of Digital Transformation, Innovation, and Administrative Modernization, announced that his department plans to install 2,300 kilometers of fiber optic cable across the country. This announcement was made on the sidelines of the launch of a. EllaLink and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania today marked the successful landing of a new subsea cable in Nouadhibou, giving the country a second direct, diverse and secure connection to European and international digital hubs.
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