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two fibre pairs. The granting of landing Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
rights for undersea optic cable operators (UNCLOS), state-parties to the convention
would provide open access to regional are required to grant permissions on landing
telecommunications operators and Internet rights. More importantly, African state
Service providers. parties to the UNCLOS ought to realize that
granting the requisite permissions to
In addition to providing a major boost to applicants for landing rights is beneficial to
Internet access on the continent, undersea the economic and technological needs of
optic cable connection will help to African States.
considerably minimize the difficulties of
switching traffic between African countries For further inquiries, please contact:
and eliminate the inconveniences and added
costs of first routing traffic to Europe.
©Blackfriars LLP 2008. All rights reserved. This document is for general guidance only. Definitive advice
should be sought from counsel if required. Blackfriars LLP is a Nigerian law firm with a representative
office in Toronto, Canada.