Over 8,000 households in Kigali’s suburbs will get internet connection through fibre network provided by Liquid Telecom, a multinational in the telecom industry. Report revealed homes connected to Internet via fibre cables for the first time in the country, in the initial phase of the technology’s rollout.
Liquid Telecom Group chief executive Nic Rudnick told The New Times that the fibre network for the first phase had already been built and was awaiting launching in the coming weeks.
The firm made an investment of over $30 million for the initial phase for the technology dubbed “Fibre to Homes.”
Rudnick said they had a target to reach triple the initial phase’s number (24,000) in subsequent phases by the end of the year.
“It will be an open space network where people will be able to buy connectivity to their homes using our network or from other service providers,” he said.
The fibre technology introduction is aimed at providing high volume and fast connectivity at reduced cost at a time when internet users are grappling with high costs from wireless technologies such as 4G.
