The Activation of The New Upgraded Submarine Cable System between Libya and Italy

The Libyan International Telecom Company(LITC) announced the activation of the new upgraded submarine cable system between Libya and Italy using the latest technologies to provide huge capacities reaching 40Gbps instead of the old system (2.5 Gbps).

The activation of this system will shortly help in the development of the international voice calls services by dedicating more capacity, also it will help the local Internet Service Providers in utilizing the extra added capacities to provide better Internet service in Libya, according to the dramatic growth in demand in the usage profile in Libya specially after 17th of February revolution.

Finally, LITC considers this as the first step in chain of steps that will cover the Libyan demand by investing in different international connectivity projects like: European Indian Gateway (EIG) submarine cable project, and Libyan-Greece submarine cable project (Selphium).

Comments

Name: Adam	Date: 28/06/2012 13:49:01
Comment: Will it reduce the price of phone calls from abroad? Calls are unjustifiably high when you can call US or India for 1p from the UK.

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