After Maputo, the capital city, the telecommunications operator Vodacom announced yesterday the arrival of the first submarine fiber optic cable in the city of Nacala, Nampula province. 

In a statement, the operator said that '2Africa', the largest submarine telecommunications cable system in the world, has arrived in the city of Nacala, Nampula province, connecting the optical fiber to the new data center also inaugurated locally by Master Power Technologies.

The operator said in the same statement that the project aims to connect 33 countries globally, 19 of which are in Africa.

"This is the first submarine cable to land in the north of the country, after having landed in Maputo [south] in February, with the promise of greater internet capacity and accelerated connectivity for Vodacom customers, supporting the growing digital economy in Mozambique," reads the operator's statement.

The '2Africa' submarine cable connects Europe (with connections in Portugal and the United Kingdom), Africa (Senegal, Ghana, Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Somalia, Egypt, among others) and Asia (Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India, among others), with a total of 46 points and returns to the European continent via Italy and France.

It plans to serve 3 billion people when it is fully operational in 2024, with a total length of 45,000 kilometers and a bandwidth of 115 terabytes.

"Through this submarine fiber optic cable infrastructure, Vodacom will provide a direct international outlet for faster and more reliable internet services in the country," explains the operator.

"Vodacom is the designated partner for the landing in Mozambique, providing infrastructure for the installation of cables at existing sites in the Maputo port area and at the port of Nacala," he adds.

"The landing of the '2Africa' submarine cable reaffirms Vodacom's commitment to boosting digital inclusion in Mozambique and on the African continent, increasing access to quality internet services and investing in network infrastructure to support it.