Mozambique Telecom (Tmcel) invests US$ 132 million is in the modernization and expansion of the transmission network, with the installation of the "backbone" of high performance and reliability. 

The improvement of the network will allow the increase of the transmission backbone capacity, thus improving the performance in the connection of customers (companies and institutions) to the Internet, through the full use of broadband, whose capacity will increase from 50 to 400 gigs.

This information was made known by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tmcel, Mahomed Rafique Jusob, on the sidelines of the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between that telecommunications operator and APIEX-Agency for the Promotion of Investment and Exports, held during the Maputo International Fair (FACIM).

The agreement, according to Mahomed Rafique Jusob, aims at providing broadband (internet) and telecommunication services to the next editions of the largest agricultural, industrial, and commercial fair in the country, to be made available to national and foreign exhibitors.

"We are transforming and modernizing our network, investing US$132 million. The installation of the fiber optic backbone is underway, which will increase from 50 gigs of capacity to 400 gigs, in order to expand the service capacity from Inchope to Tete, Inchope-Chimoio, Inchope-Nampula, and Inchope-Pemba," he said.

This is a project that will allow the expansion of coverage and improvement of the quality of Tmcel's network, specifically with regards to voice and data services, as well as the increase in capacity and availability of services provided to customers.

At this moment, he advanced, the modernization project of the network unfolds in Gaza province, after having already reached Morrumbene district, in Inhambane.

In parallel with this project, the fixed and mobile telephony operator is installing several antennas in the city of Beira, Sofala province.