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Somalia is trying to fortify its digital infrastructure by establishing a positive regulatory environment . The National Communications Authority is getting ready to introduce new rules pertaining to submarine cable landings . The goal is to have a single fibre optic deployment policy that addresses every facet of fibre rollout and installation nationwide .Somalia is attempting to fortify its digital infrastructure by establishing a positive regulatory environment. The National Communications Authority, in particular, is getting ready to introduce new rules pertaining to submarine cable landings. The goal is to have a single fibre optic deployment policy that addresses every facet of fibre rollout and installation nationwide. According to the government, such an endeavour will lower the costs of fibre optic infrastructure deployment and extension while fostering the expansion of the contemporary digital economy and national interconnection.
The Department of Communications and Technology has so arranged a public consultation to gather the thoughts and input of the many stakeholders, according to Ecofin’s report on this development. On its Facebook page, it states: “The unified fibre optic deployment policy aims to guide national telecommunications companies towards collaboration for the installation and expansion of fibre optic cables.”
Even though the nation is currently connected to five international undersea cables (a sixth is on the way), its current domestic fibre optic network is immature and dispersed. Therefore, a just allocation of available capacity appears to be a long way off. In a report released earlier this period: “The absence of a robust backbone network prevents the distribution of international capacity across the country, resulting in unequal broadband access, heterogeneous network quality, limited redundancy and slowing down competition in the market.”
The internet penetration rate was just 27.6% in early 2024, according to Ecofin, and there are many barriers to its expansion, such as a lack of appealing data-driven services, a shortage of locally relevant content, a dearth of affordable, broadband-enabled devices, and a lack of digital skills. One could argue that these problems ought to be resolved concurrently with digital infrastructure.
