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CSquared brings high-speed connectivity to West Africa with Adtran open optical solution
News summary: CSquared is committed to investing in robust and scalable transport to increase high-quality broadband infrastructure availability throughout
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNews summary:\n\n\n\nCSquared is committed to investing in robust and scalable transport to increase high-quality broadband infrastructure availability throughout Liberia and other West African countries\n\n\n\nNew backbone network is built on the Adtran FSP 3000 solution and ALM fiber monitoring platform\n\n\n\nUltra-fast services provide new opportunities for education, commerce and the digital economy\n\n\n\n MONROVIA, Liberia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAdtran today announced that CSquared is using its FSP 3000 open optical transport technology to bring high-speed broadband connectivity to homes and businesses across Liberia. With comprehensive fiber assurance, Adtran’s solution enables CSquared to rapidly deploy an open-access 350km backbone connecting Liberia to Guinea and the Ivory Coast. With a mission to address Africa’s lack of robust, high-capacity infrastructure, CSquared is increasing access to e-commerce, remote learning, telemedicine and other digital services capable of transforming lives and livelihoods. With the backing of Google, the IFC, Mitsui and Convergence Partners, and a special partnership with USAID, CSquared is Liberia’s only wholesale infrastructure provider, delivering services to all MNOs, ISPs and the government of Liberia.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230601005593/en/CSquared is using Adtran’s open networking technology to help transform Africa’s digital opportunities. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“In the race to digitalize the global economy, it’s important that Africa doesn’t get left behind. That’s why the fiber backbone networks we’re building across the sub-Saharan region are so vital. Our latest deployment in Liberia ensures that enterprises and households in some of the most underserved areas finally have access to fast, high-quality broadband,” said Samuel Owusu Yeboah, West Africa CTO at CSquared, “In partnership with Adtran, we’re building a digitally connected Africa. We’ve already deployed Adtran’s FSP 3000 technology in Ghana and Togo, and we’re now seeing a big impact on the digital transformation of these countries.”\n\n\nBuilt on the Adtran FSP 3000 open optical transport solution, CSquared’s new backbone infrastructure will initially transport 100Gbit/s data loads from Monrovia to the border of Guinea and the...