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East Africa to get sea cable for telecom services
(from UN ECA update newsletter, vol. 2, issue 1, January 2006, page 2)

More than 27 African corporations have agreed to fund a sea cable system which will increase access to Internet and telecommunications services in 15 East African countries by 2007. The 8,000 km East African Sea cable System (EASS) initiated by public and private corporations in Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Madagascar Sudan, Tanzania, South Africa and Burundi will bring about a major improvement in the speed, cost and efficiency of Internet access, compared to the current system based on access via satellite. The project requires a U.S. $200 million investment