Atlas Corridor
Component

Addis Ababa–Djibouti ICT Cable

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Cities

Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Djibouti

Distance

754km
new
754km
rehabilitated
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existing
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Cost

$47m
$47,000,000

Phases

operational, 2016

Objective

Djibouti is a landing station for many subsea cables running between Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including the new PEACE cable from Pakistan and is has also become a home to data centres servicing the region

Description

A fibre optic link between the Red Sea and Addis Ababa built alongside the new railway and connecting to the PEACE cable from Pakistan. Includes a Djibouti Data Center

Capacities

1 Gb/s bandwidth

Finance

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$ investment
Ethio Telecom Company
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$ investment
Djibouti Telecom Company