NETWORKING
“The development and architecture of hyperscale networks will increasingly dictate the future demand for international connectivity and therefore the deployment of submarine cables ”
RICK PERRY HEAD OF SUBSEA PARTNERSHIPS , VODAFONE CARRIER SERVICES that access costs are better priced than traditional costs to interconnect submarine systems in Africa .” As a result , the system will terminate in carrier-neutral data centres in each country . “ Where such data centres don ’ t exist , we are working with partners to develop them ,” Perry notes .
One of the locations that is expected to be pivotal to the goal of harnessing the potential of the 2Africa cable isn ’ t actually in Africa but located several hundred miles across the Mediterranean in the south of France .
Interconnection in Marseille As African countries become increasingly connected to the digital world beyond the continent , Slim explains that transmitting data in and out of the region is going to be critically reliant on terrestrial information exchange hubs like Marseille . With a robust
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