The Minister of Communications for Al -Sharq: Algeria invests in new cables in preparation for the fifth generation

Algeria is working to develop Internet services by adding new cables and improving the efficiency of the current network, increasing the quality of the service and expanding it to cover all parts of the country, in addition to its position as an important player in the Africa telecommunications market, according to the Minister of Post and Wireless Transport, Karim Baby Triki. Over the past three years, the country has invested one billion dollars annually to develop its network, enabling the capacity of the international hesitation to increase to 10 TB per second from 1.5 TB per 2020, according to the Algerian official in an interview with “Al Sharq”. “The capacity of 10 terabyte per second is a phased goal for the current year, and we will not stop there. There are plans for projects to add other cables aimed at expanding the network and improving current capabilities more over the next few years.” Visual Fiber Internet has seen remarkable local Internet services, as the velocity available to the homes linked to optical fiber technology increased from 2 MB per second in 2020 to 1 GB per second, according to the statements of the Algerian official. He emphasized that “this improvement was needed to keep up with the significant increase in the number of families linked to the Internet, increasing from 3.5 million to about 6 million families, representing two -thirds of the number of Algerian families, while the target is at least 80%.” On the mobile internet, the subscriptions have reached 48 million, and more than 90%of users in Algeria depend on the fourth generation technology. The Minister of Communications said “the state is distributing the technology of the fifth generation and preparing it for operators in the coming period.” A regional role is the strategic importance of these improvements that exceed the borders of Algeria. According to the Minister of Algeria, the country owns 15% of the international frequency area in the continent of Africa, which “strengthens its role as an important platform for data transfer and empowerment of neighboring countries such as Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Chad and Nigeria to gain access to the Internet through its network, which provides a window for economic, and a motive for economic, social and cultural growth.” Triki added that Algeria had already completed its role in the Pivotal Link project with neighboring fibers with neighboring countries, as it completed more than 2600 km after the state of the state Niger.