NITA set to roll-out fiber across River Nile to improve connectivity

In an effort to extend connectivity as part of the already launched National Fiber backbone Infrastructure (NBI) Phase 4 project, the National Information Technology Authority (NITA Uganda) will tomorrow attempt what the Ugandan ICT industry has so far thought impossible: roll-out fiber across River Nile. The crossing will take place beneath the waters of the river Nile.

Dubbed with a harshtag #ICTCrossover on twitter, the project will connect Adjumani and Moyo to the ICT backbone thereby completing the WestNile concentric fibre ring from Karuma to Gulu through WestNile. Therefore this fibre route will be geographically redundant.

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The is means that internet availability will be improved upon owing to this improved redundancy, therefore West Nile will enjoy 99% up-time that is enjoyed by other regions in the country.

The benefits include:

1. Reduction of the cost of public administration by providing Uganda’s cheapest, fastest and reliable internet
2. Support delivery of secure e-Government services
3. Enhance communications services in the West Nile region of the country.