Glo 1 submarine cable set to land in Ghana, Nigeria

Globacom’s multi billion naira international submarine cable, Glo 1, will land in Ghana within the next one and a half months en route Nigeria. It will connect West Africa to the United Kingdom with dedicated extension to the US.

In preparation for the high capacity cable’s landing in Ghana and Nigeria, the landing stations of Glo 1 in both Accra and Lagos will be delivered to Globacom this month.

The 9,500-km state-of-the-art cable will enable Globacom to have a clear distinction in providing quality voice and data services through multiple redundant and high quality direct links to various countries across the globe and will enhance Globacom’s interconnectivity with many international networks and leading traffic carriers in the world.

The bandwidth requirements of Nigeria and West Africa will also receive a major boost with the commissioning of Glo-1 slated for later in the year.

In a statement in Lagos, Globacom’s Group Chief Operating Officer (GCOO), Mr. Mohamed Jameel, said that the commissioning of the multi-billion naira infrastructure was now imminent.

In readiness for the launch, Jameel stated that 4,400 kilometres of the undersea cable has already been laid from United Kingdom through Portugal up to Nouakchott in Mauritania.