Access Kenya has launched a 140 kilometer long fiber optic cable.

The fiber cable uses the ring redundancy technology that enables one half of the cable to continue transmitting data should it be accidentally or maliciously damaged.

The move is aimed at tackling cable vandalism that has become very rampant in the country as competition to connect residential homes to the Internet heats up.

Access Kenya managing director Jonathan Somen says the fiber network is of high quality and uses the ethernet technology that has been designed for use in harsh industrial environments, such as in hazardous location.

Access Kenya controls almost half of the corporate market and has invested about 450 million shillings into the project.

Permanent secretary in the ministry of information and technology Dr Bitange Ndemo said another fiber optic cable, Eassy will be landing in the country next week.

The cable is jointly owned by Telkom Kenya and Telkom South Africa.

This will bring to four the number of cables that have landed in the East Africa coast. Three fiber optic cable networks are already operational in the country.