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GC Metro Ring to cut data costs

Ready to roll: The Liquid Intelligent team briefing journalists during the launch last week
Ready to roll: The Liquid Intelligent team briefing journalists during the launch last week

Local connectivity and tech firm, Liquid Intelligent, expects to see a sharp drop in the pricing of international calls and data going forward, as the company’s Metro Ring project takes shape.

The Metro Ring project has been described as a great leap from the use of copper as a data transmission method to fibre optic technology.

Liquid Intelligent last week launched the first phase of its Metro Ring, which is short for “metropolitan city ring”, a communication loop that connects the whole city with fibre optic technology.


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