近日召开的非洲国家电信部长会议决定加快实施“非洲一号”电信工程。“非洲一号”电信工程计划于1993年由国际电信联盟提出。工程主体是一条长达4万公里的环非洲大陆海底光缆,该光缆与非洲沿海国爱29个站点连接,使沿海国家通过陆上光缆和卫星等与海底光缆联网。整个工程造价预计达16亿美元,由非洲和有关公司共同投资。 本次会议由国际电信联盟和“非洲一号”电信工程协调委员会联合召开,主要研究加速实现“非洲一号”电信工程的途径和手段。经过对这一工程的全面讨论,会议商定,非洲所有沿海国家签署了参加这项工程的 The recently held African National Telecommunications Ministerial Meeting decided to expedite the implementation of “one of Africa’s telecommunications projects.” The “Africa One” telecommunications project was proposed by the International Telecommunication Union in 1993. The main body of the project is a submarine optical fiber cable ring 40,000 kilometers long linking the continent to 29 sites in the coastal countries of Africa, enabling the coastal countries to connect to submarine optical cables through land optical cables and satellites. The entire project is estimated to cost 1.6 billion U.S. dollars, co-invested by Africa and related companies. The meeting was jointly held by the International Telecommunication Union and the “Africa No. 1” Telecommunication Engineering Coordination Committee to study ways and means of accelerating the realization of “Africa’s No. 1 telecommunications project.” After a comprehensive discussion of this project, the meeting agreed that all coastal African countries signed the project