Article

Côte d’Ivoire’s utilised international Internet bandwidth surpassed the milestone of 1 Tbps and reached 1.616 Tbps in December 2024, according to latest statistics released by the regulator ARTCI (Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications de Côte d’Ivoire). This was a 68% increase compared to 963 Gbps reported in December 2023 (see Côte d’Ivoire: Côte d’Ivoire’s International Bandwidth Increases By 76% During 2023). This utilised capacity of 1.616 Tbps compared to 2.145 Tbps of installed international Internet bandwidth. These totals were split between Orange which had 672 Gbps of utilised international bandwidth (800 Gbps equipped), MTN which had 200 Gbps utilised (200 Gbps equipped), MainOne which had 585 Gbps utilised (900 Gbps equipped), and Moov Côte d’Ivoire had 158 Gbps utilized (246 Gbps equipped). Five submarine cables now land at Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire): SAT-3, ACE, WACS, MainOne, and Maroc Telecom West Africa cable. The MainOne Cable Company landed a new branch of its submarine cable at Abidjan, which entered service in 2019 (see Côte d’Ivoire: MainOne Announces Submarine Cable Live And Ready For Commercial Service In Côte d’Ivoire). Maroc Telecom, the parent company of mobile operator Moov, landed its West Africa submarine cable in Abdjan which entered service in July 2021 (see Morocco: Maroc Telecom West Africa Submarine Cable Enters Service During 2021). The ARTCI also reported that the length of fibre optic network in Côte d’Ivoire reached 33,140-km by December 2024. This comprised of Orange (12,500-km), Moov (8,091-km), ANSUT (5,476-km), MTN (4,615-km) and Awale (2,458-km).

Source: ARTCI