Moov-Africa to deploy submarine cable from Casablanca to Lome

News Broadband Morocco 12 FEB 2021
Moov-Africa to deploy submarine cable from Casablanca to Lome

Moov-Africa has announced that it will deploy a submarine cable from Casablanca in Morocco to Lome in Togo, TogoFirst reported.  According to Abdellah Tabhiret, managing director of Moov-Africa, the cable will develop and improve international coverage and connectivity, especially national connectivity. 

Tabhiret said the company hopes to regain the trust of its subscribers. He said that from the first half of 2019 to the first half of 2020, the telecom operator lost around 500,000 users, from 3.61 million to 3.11 million, according to data from Moov parent company Maroc Telecom.


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Fixed

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Maroc Telecom,  Moov

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Morocco

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