Price of Internet Set to Crash in Nigeria as Google 5G Subsea Cable Touches Down in Nigeria
Nigerians may be in for a good time as cheaper internet services beckon after Google announced that its Equiano subsea cable would crash the price of Internet costs by 21 per cent after deployment. The Punch reports that the internet data giant announced the landing of the subsea cable in partnership with its cable partner, WIOCC in Lagos on Thursday, April 21, 2022.
The Alphabet-owned company stated that its cable would boost the speed of the internet six times in Nigeria which will amount to six per cent and also increase the country’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) by $10.1bn in 2025 while adding about 1.6 million jobs in the same period.
Google stated that the cable would also save 2.8 million tonnes of CO2
The company stated that the Equiano cable in Portugal runs through more than 12,000km along the West Coast of the continent first landing in Lome, Togo, Lagos, Nigeria; Swakopmund in Namibia; Rupert Bay, Saint Helena and Melkbosstrand in South Africa.
The tech giant said the cable will establish a valuable new high connectivity between the African continent and Europe.
