South Sudan plans link to fibre-optic Internet facility in 2013 and the aim is link the capital Juba with submarine cables in East Africa. South Sudan is one of the most expensive countries in Africa for Internet use. The average retail price of Internet bandwidth via satellite is currently around $4,000 per megabit (MB). The government wants to cut that cost by reducing reliance on satellite bandwidth by connecting to the submarine cable
South Sudan is now doing a feasibility study on whether to connect with marine cables in Djibouti in the Red Sea or Kenya’s Indian Ocean port of Mombasa
The country has four main mobile operators offering Internet: South Africa’s MTN, Kuwait’s Zain, Vivacell and Gemtel.
Constructions of fibre-optic cables will more than have Internet prices and make it twice as fast