Ugandans expect more price reductions in the cost of internet, following the launch of the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) in South Africa last week.
EASSy, like the Seacom cable, is an undersea high speed internet cable system connecting 21 African countries from Southern Africa to the north and the rest of the world.

The cable went into commercial service at the end of July but was announced operational last Thursday, according to the EASSy Consortium, composed of the MTN Group, France Telecom, Uganda Telecom and Bharti Airtel.
The over 10,000 kilometre cable was set up with the objective of condensing the cost of telecommunication on the continent between African nations, Europe and North America.

It was built at a cost of Shs578 billion ($263m) by 16 telecom operators and international investors. In an interview on Tuesday, Mr Ken Mwai, the general manager Afsat Communications Uganda, predicted that the arrival of EASSy internet capacity, will lead to a further reduction in the cost of the service and at the same time boost reliability.

Mr Mwai further said: “Based on what I have heard about the pricing for the service, we expect further price reductions in bandwidth costs.”
He added: “This will pass on to customers in terms of low price benefits.”

From Daily Monitor

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