The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has announced that the state-owned operator Libtelco and the Cable Consortium of Liberia (CCL) will relocate the ACE cable landing station.
As reported by Developing Telecoms, the ACE cable has been suffering outages which have been blamed on construction work taking place at the current landing site.
The ACE cable currently lands at PHP Beach in Central Monrovia and is the country’s only source of international Internet bandwidth.
It is also the site at which a new sports and recreation center is being developed.
The LTA has now said the construction of a monument at the recreation park has resulted in the cable being buried under large quantities of rock.
Liberia has been experiencing Internet outages since August last year. The outage was initially attributed to a cut in the ACE cable.
The cable is now being rerouted, with the landing station set to be established elsewhere, though a new location has not yet been shared.
Acting LTA commissioner Clarence K. Massaquoi said there are plans in place to ensure some connectivity will remain available, though service disruptions will be inevitable. A cable ship is set to arrive in Liberia later this month to begin repairs.
The relocation is estimated to cost around $200,000.
The ACE cable spans around 17,000km, connecting 18 points across 18 countries, including Benin, France, Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, and South Africa.
