Optical Fiber: 50,000 Households Connected

So far these are the companies that were the first customers on optical fiber whose launch took place in 1998 through the Fibre to the Business project. They are hundreds of companies using the optical cable.

Many government buildings are also connected to the fiber optic network of Mauritius Telecom (MT). The Cybercity Ebene, Bagatelle regions, Pailles and airport Plaisance, business center of Port-Louis, are also connected to the network Fibre to the Business. MT already has a broadband network quality copper.

Many households in Mauritius are connected. This is also from the copper network that provides MT since 2006 MyT service including broadband Internet, as well as TV channels and video. The use of the high-speed demand continues to increase.

The demand for bandwidth was 7 Gibabits/second (Gbps) in 2011 has almost tripled in 2013 to reach 20 Gbps in 2013. It is expected that demand will continue to increase. The deployment of optical fiber has already started on a pilot basis Curepipe and Quatre Bornes. In 2012, 550 clients were connected to the fiber optic network. The network will be expanded this year to areas of Forest-Side, Port-Louis, Plaine Verte, Pailles and Triolet.

At the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communication, it was noted that in addition to MT, other mobile operators will resort to the use of optical fiber to connect homes.

The connection to the optical fiber requires a massive investment in international connectivity for the client to take advantage of its Internet connectivity 10 megabits per second (Mbps) or 30Mbps. Through the connection with the submarine cable companies as well as individual clients can remain permanently connected with social networking and downloading movies, videos and music.