Telecommunication operation, Maroc Telecom, have announced the launching of an under-sea optical fiber cable, dubbed "Atlas Offshore”, that will link Asilah, north-west of Morocco, and Marseilles, southern France. The project is costed at around $34.3m.According to a Maroc Telecom press release, the link will meet the needs, in terms of international capacity, of off-shoring activities in Morocco, as well as the needs for internet through broadband ADSL.
The 1 634-km long cable is endowed with a capacity of 40 Gb/sec, that can be expanded to reach 320 Gb. Atlas Offshore is due to allow the connection of more than 500 000 simultaneous calls, which will meet the growing needs of the call centres.
It is scheduled to start operating in March 2007, said the source, adding that the construction works will be totally funded by Maroc Telecom, while it will be insured by French company, Alcatel Submarine Network.
Phone charges to drop.
In related news, the Council of Arab Ministers of communication and high technologies started its meeting Thursday in Cairo with a proposed reduction of phone call costs between Arab countries at the top of the agenda.
Arab Ministers of communication and high technologies are considering a decrease in telephone call costs.
If the project is implemented, the expense of calls from both fix and mobile telephones will be expected to drop as of next July.
Morocco is represented in the Council by Mohamed Faraj Doukkali, the Moroccan ambassador to Egypt and the Kingdom's permanent delegate in the Arab League.
The Ministerial Council will also examine cooperation in the fields of communication, information and the development of telecommunication industry.
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