The new landing station for the soon to come fibre-optic submarine cable was officially inaugurated yesterday at the Cable & Wireless Seychelles (CWS) premises.

Vice-President Danny Faure unveiled a plaque to mark the opening of the station, which is part of the preparations for the arrival of the Seychelles East Africa System – the fibre-optic submarine cable connecting Seychelles and Dar es Salaam.

By simply sending a text message to a certain number, an authorised person will get a reply comprising a vehicle’s details, which includes vehicle ownership, road license expiry date, colour, make, model and address of the owner.

The service is an initiative of the Seychelles Licensing Authority (SLA) in collaboration with the Department of Information Communication Technology (DICT).

The high-powered undersea cable which will greatly improve Seychelles’ connectivity with the rest of the world, has left Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and is on its way here.

A Seychelles delegation and other stakeholders in the project were in Dar es Salaam, precisely on Msasani beach, on Saturday to attend the cable landing related activities there, and from where the vessel Ile de Sein started laying the cable on its way to Seychelles.