Somaliland Telcom Giants Agree to jointly own underground optical cable

Somaliland’s biggest telecom operators , Telesom, SomTel and SomCable have today signed an agreement  to jointly co-own over 1500km of underground optical infrustucure. For several years,  the underground optic cable infrastructure was owned exclusively by the Somcable company.

The acquisition agreement was signed by the CEOs and chairmen of the three companies who included Abdikarim Eid of Telesom, Mohamed Duale of Somtel and Mohamed Saed of Somcable. The Minister of Telecommunications, Dr. Abdiweli Abdillahi was also present during the signing.

Following the agreement, both Telesom and Somtel have been awarded the license to land and operate undersea internet cables in Somaliland. Undersea cables are the invisible force driving the modern internet, with many in recent years being funded by internet giants such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon.