On 6 December 2024, Cabo Verde Telecom (CV Telecom) launched a tender for the design, supply and installation of six segments (750-km) of its submarine inter island cable system. The deadline for submission of bids is 6 February 2025, works are anticipated to commence in August 2025, and commissioning expected by June 2026. Cabo Verde Telecom’s inter-island cable was first launched in 1997, and was extended in 2002 to reach Porto Novo (Santo Antão) and to close a ring between S. Peter (Santo Vincent) and Tarrafal (Santiago). In 2010 the operator announced plans to extend the inter-island submarine cable to connect the islands of Fogo, Brava and Maio. Phase III of the inter-island submarine cable increased the fibre length to 2,050-km, and installed a new section connecting the islands of Santiago and Brava, and a second extension from between the islands of Santo Vicente and Santo Antão (see Cape Verde: Cabo Verde Telecom Embarks On Phase III Of Inter-Island Submarine Cable).
Source: Cabo Verde Telecom
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