Calabar, known as one of the attractive tourism destinations in Nigeria, has added another feather to its cap – Nigeria’s most comprehensively wired city.
This is coming at the heels of the completion of installation of its metropolitan dark fibre optic network infrastructure.
This feat was accomplished via a partnership between the Cross River State Government and telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria.
The network infrastructure which consists of 120km of 96 core fibre cable and open access ducts spans the length and breadth of the entire city of Calabar. Based on this, Calabar becomes the most comprehensively wired city for voice, data and video telecommunications and various technology driven services in the country.
Special Adviser to Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, for Communications Technology Development, Mr. Odo Effiong, said the infrastructure would not only facilitate improved telecommunication services but also overtime, offer a variety of technology driven services and improvements including access to information on tourism, innovation, security, transportation, education, health care, land title, social services, financial inclusion, entertainment, among others.
“The installed infrastructure is an important installment of the governor’s vision of a non-oil, service-driven economy for the state. The development of ‘Calabar Smart City’ is a significant component of Cross River State building on its foundation as the nation’s tourist destination as it seeks to become the business and lifestyle destination as well,” Effiong said.
