On June 18, 2025, Chad and Niger began discussions to establish a fiber optic interconnection under the Trans-Saharan Fiber Optic Backbone (TSR) project, aiming to overcome digital isolation by connecting to submarine cables via neighboring coastal states. The completion of the project was to last four years and enable the country to be interconnected with Niger. The project, assigned to the CGPS/LORYNE consortium, was initially scheduled to last ten months. The project, which will be carried out in over four years, will cross the towns of Massaguet, Massakory, Mao, Rig-Rig. The multinational component of the Trans-Sahara Optical Fibre Backbone (TSB) Project aims to achieve the interconnection between Niger, Algeria, Nigeria and Chad through the laying of 1 510 kilometres of optical fibre cables. The Chadian government has called on telecom operators Sotel and Airtel to fast-track the agreement of the N'Djamena-Mberé fiber‑optic. For a number of years, the Chadian government has been carrying out a vast program to develop the African country's fiber optic network and reduce the big technological gap with other countries on the continent.
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