Cameroon's incumbent telecom operator, Camtel, has announced the deployment of an additional 3,500 km of fiber optic cable starting in 2024. Speaking about the project last October 17 during the Yaoundé Digital Week, MD Judith Yah Sunday said it primarily targets rural areas. Implementing this. Government has officially handed over to Cameroon Telecommunications, CAMTEL, a 78-strand fibre optic cable deployed overhead in the Southern Interconnected Grid, SIG, along the Yaounde-Boumnyebel-Edea-Kribi-Douala-Limbe-Nkongsamba-Bafousssam-Bamenda segment. The infrastructure was symbolically. Cameroon is set to bolster its digital infrastructure through a significant financing agreement following a presidential decree signed on March 6 by President Paul Biya. It aims to complement the 12,000. National and international connectivity, secure data centres, and reliable interconnections for operators, businesses, and institutions. 24/7 performance, availability, and resilience. It placed 93rd out of 93 countries in the 2024 Fiber Development Index, released by the World Broadband Association (WBBA) and UK-based telecom research firm Omdia. The country scored just 4 out of.