{"id":12051,"date":"2025-07-21T04:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/12051\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T04:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:10:14","slug":"tanzania-links-national-broadband-to-subsea-cables-to-boost-regional-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/12051\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania Links National Broadband to Subsea Cables to Boost Regional Connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The initiative represents a major advancement in regional digital connectivity across East Africa.<\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1200\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ttcl-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icta.go.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" auto-attrs=\"\">The ICT Authority,\u00a0<\/a> in collaboration with Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation Limited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttcl.co.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" auto-attrs=\"\">(TTCL)\u00a0<\/a>, has officially launched the integration of the National ICT Broadband Backbone <a href=\"http:\/\/nictbb.co.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" auto-attrs=\"\">(NICTBB)\u00a0<\/a> with the Submarine Cable Infrastructure. The initiative represents a major advancement in regional digital connectivity across East Africa.<\/p>\n<p>This integration is expected to significantly enhance internet reliability, lower latency, and improve cross-border data flow. It forms part of ongoing efforts to build robust digital infrastructure that supports economic integration, e-governance, and inclusive access to digital services across the region.<\/p>\n<p>By linking inland broadband infrastructure with international submarine cables, the project is poised to facilitate more stable and cost-effective internet access. It also strengthens the foundation for regional trade, digital innovation, and socio-economic development across connected countries in East Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The initiative represents a major advancement in regional digital connectivity across East Africa. The ICT Authority,\u00a0 in collaboration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1638,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-12051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-internet","tag-internet","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}