Communications_in_Somalia

qas: question: How many official radio and television networks does the government of Somalia operate?
answers: text: two

question: Are communication services in Somalia mainly located in the public or private sector?
answers: text: private

question: As internet access increases, news media and online portals replace what form of media?
answers: text: Print media

question: What year was the national postal service of Somalia relaunched?
answers: text: 2013

question: In 2012, what act was approved to establish a National Communications regulator?
answers: text: National Communications Act

question: Are communications services in Somalia mostly concentrated in the public or private sector?
answers: text: private

question: Communications in Somalia are mostly concentrated in what sector?
answers: text: private

question: How many official rado iand TV networks does the governemt of Somalia run?
answers: text: two

question: What type of media decreases and internet connectivity increases?
answers: text: Print media

question: What types of media increases as internet connectivity and access increases?
answers: text: radio stations and online portals

question: What year is the postal service in Somalia set to relaunch?
answers: text: 2013

question: How many private and foreign radio and television networks does the government of Somalia have?

question: When was the national postal service of Somalia first started?

question: Why is increasing overseas activities causing print media to decrease?

question: What communication does the public sector concentrate in?

question: When was the National Communications Act dismantled?
context: Communications in Somalia encompasses the communications services and capacity of Somalia. Telecommunications, internet, radio, print, television and postal services in the nation are largely concentrated in the private sector. Several of the telecom firms have begun expanding their activities abroad. The Federal government operates two official radio and television networks, which exist alongside a number of private and foreign stations. Print media in the country is also progressively giving way to news radio stations and online portals, as internet connectivity and access increases. Additionally, the national postal service is slated to be officially relaunched in 2013 after a long absence. In 2012, a National Communications Act was also approved by Cabinet members, which lays the foundation for the establishment of a National Communications regulator in the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors.

qas: question: Who funded the new telecommunications firms in Somalia?
answers: text: Somali entrepreneurs

question: China, Korea, and Europe lent what to the creation of the new firms.
answers: text: expertise

question: What do the new telecommunications firms in Somalia offer that is not available in many other parts of the continent?
answers: text: affordable mobile phone and internet services

question: Money transfers and wireless internet are two things that customers can now accomplish via what?
answers: text: mobile phones

question: When the civil war began, many telecomunications companies were created to provide missing what?
answers: text: infrastructure

question: What did Chinese entrepreneurs create?

question: Before the civil war, what jobs were being created?

question: Besides Somalia, what country has the best telecommunications?

question: Why are the Somalian telecommunication companies so expensive?

question: What can customers do with their phones besides money transfers and banking activities?
context: After the start of the civil war, various new telecommunications companies began to spring up in the country and competed to provide missing infrastructure. Somalia now offers some of the most technologically advanced and competitively priced telecommunications and internet services in the world. Funded by Somali entrepreneurs and backed by expertise from China, Korea and Europe, these nascent telecommunications firms offer affordable mobile phone and internet services that are not available in many other parts of the continent. Customers can conduct money transfers (such as through the popular Dahabshiil) and other banking activities via mobile phones, as well as easily gain wireless Internet access.

qas: question: Sprint, ITT, and Telenor are examples of what?
answers: text: multinational corporations

question: Who provides service to every City, town, and hamlet in Somalia?
answers: text: Somali telecommunication companies

question: aproximately how many main lines are there per 1000 people?
answers: text: 25

question: what is another word for availability of telephone lines?
answers: text: tele-density

question: How much does Hormuud Telecom gross per year?
answers: text: $40 million

question: Who offers the most expensive phone calls in Africa?

question: How much does the Somali Telecom Group gross per year?

question: Which companies agreed to a deal that would limit competition?

question: How much higher is the Somalia teledensity compared to Niger?

question: What percentage of the Somali telecommunications does Hormuud Telecom make up?
context: After forming partnerships with multinational corporations such as Sprint, ITT and Telenor, these firms now offer the cheapest and clearest phone calls in Africa. These Somali telecommunication companies also provide services to every city, town and hamlet in Somalia. There are presently around 25 mainlines per 1,000 persons, and the local availability of telephone lines (tele-density) is higher than in neighboring countries; three times greater than in adjacent Ethiopia. Prominent Somali telecommunications companies include Somtel Network, Golis Telecom Group, Hormuud Telecom, Somafone, Nationlink, Netco, Telcom and Somali Telecom Group. Hormuud Telecom alone grosses about $40 million a year. Despite their rivalry, several of these companies signed an interconnectivity deal in 2005 that allows them to set prices, maintain and expand their networks, and ensure that competition does not get out of control.

qas: question: What year did Dahabhiil acquire the majority of Somtal network?
answers: text: 2008

question: Where is Somtal network located?
answers: text: Hargeisa

question: Buying Somtal Network allowed Dahabshiil to expand into what type of banking?
answers: text: mobile banking

question: STC stands for what?
answers: text: Somali Telecommunication Company

question: The STC allows its customers to communicate across how many networks?
answers: text: three

question: Who is Dahabshiil Group's partner in the Somtel Network?

question: Who owned the majority of Somtel Network before Dahabshiil?

question: How many networks do STC customers still not have access to?

question: What industry is growing in the national banking sector?

question: When will the STC be fully established?
context: In 2008, Dahabshiil Group acquired a majority stake in Somtel Network, a Hargeisa-based telecommunications firm specialising in high speed broadband, mobile internet, LTE services, mobile money transfer and mobile phone services. The acquisition provided Dahabshiil with the necessary platform for a subsequent expansion into mobile banking, a growth industry in the regional banking sector. In 2014, Somalia's three largest telecommunication operators, Hormuud Telecom, NationLink and Somtel, also signed an interconnection agreement. The cooperative deal will see the firms establish the Somali Telecommunication Company (STC), which will allow their mobile clients to communicate across the three networks.

qas: question: Investing in what Industry is a sign that Somalia's economy is continuing to improve?
answers: text: telecom industry

question: What sector provides key communication services?
answers: text: telecom

question: Why are local governments investing in telecom?

question: What percentage of Somalia's economy is telecom?

question: Which industry in Somalia is not improving?

question: What are key communication services?
context: Investment in the telecom industry is held to be one of the clearest signs that Somalia's economy has continued to develop. The sector provides key communication services, and in the process facilitates job creation and income generation.

qas: question: What year was the national Communications act enacted?
answers: text: 2012

question: What Act clears the way for a National Communications Regulator?
answers: text: the National Communications Act

question: What types of stakeholders consulted on the bill to enact the National Communications Act?
answers: text: academic and civil society

question: The National Communications Act is expected to create and invironment favorable for what?
answers: text: investment

question: Continued infrastructure development results in more efficient what?
answers: text: service delivery

question: How many people approved the National Communications Act?

question: When will the National Communications Regulator be put into place?

question: What sectors are unaffected by this act?

question: Which stakeholders were not consulted?

question: Who is the Somali Cabinet made up of?
context: On March 22, 2012, the Somali Cabinet unanimously approved the National Communications Act, which paves the way for the establishment of a National Communications regulator in the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors. The bill was passed following consultations between government representatives and communications, academic and civil society stakeholders. According to the Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunication, the Act is expected to create an environment conducive to investment and the certainty it provides will encourage further infrastructural development, resulting in more efficient service delivery.

qas: question: What is the name of the Somali postal service?
answers: text: Somali Post

question: What is the name of the National postal service of Somalia?
answers: text: Somali Post

question: Who is the local postal service?

question: Who runs the Ministry of Information?

question: What is the post service of the Federal Government of Niger?

question: How many parts of the Ministry of Information, Posts, and Telecommunication are there?
context: The Somali Postal Service (Somali Post) is the national postal service of the Federal Government of Somalia. It is part of the Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunication.

qas: question: When was the infrastructure of the postal service destroyed?
answers: text: during the civil war

question: What airport is home to the Emirates post mail hub?
answers: text: Dubai International

question: What Airport delivered the mail before 2003?

question: Which Western country did Somalia partner with?

question: What country did the Somali Post parner with before the civil war?

question: Why did Somalia Post partner with Western Countries?

question: Where is the Somalia Post mail transit Hub?
context: The national postal infrastructure was completely destroyed during the civil war. In order to fill the vacuum, Somali Post signed an agreement in 2003 with the United Arab Emirates' Emirates Post to process mail to and from Somalia. Emirates Post's mail transit hub at the Dubai International Airport was then used to forward mail from Somalia to the UAE and various Western destinations, including Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland and Canada.

qas: question: How many phases made up the reconstruction plan for the Somali Post?
answers: text: three

question: Over what period of time did the reconstruction plan for the Somali Post cover?
answers: text: ten years

question: How many branch offices will be constructed in the capital in phase one of the reconstruction plan?
answers: text: 16

question: How many branch offices will be creted in general bases?
answers: text: 17

question: What year did Somali authorities rejoin the Universal Postal Union?
answers: text: 2012

question: When did Somalia first join the UPU?

question: How many years will the first phase take?

question: How many branches will Somalia construct in Phase II?

question: How long will it take to rebuild the GPO?

question: When was the GPO in Mogadishu rebuilt?
context: Concurrently, the Somali Transitional Federal Government began preparations to revive the national postal service. The government's overall reconstruction plan for Somali Post is structured into three Phases spread out over a period of ten years. Phase I will see the reconstruction of the postal headquarters and General Post Office (GPO), as well as the establishment of 16 branch offices in the capital and 17 in regional bases. As of March 2012, the Somali authorities have re-established Somalia's membership with the Universal Postal Union (UPU), and taken part once again in the Union's affairs. They have also rehabilitated the GPO in Mogadishu, and appointed an official Postal Consultant to provide professional advice on the renovations. Phase II of the rehabilitation project involves the construction of 718 postal outlets from 2014 to 2016. Phase III is slated to begin in 2017, with the objective of creating 897 postal outlets by 2022.

qas: question: What year did postal service in Somalia resume?
answers: text: 2013

question: Who is helping the Somali Postal service reach its capacity?
answers: text: Universal Postal Union

question: What type of assistance does the postal union provide?
answers: text: technical

question: What type of equipment does the postal union provide?
answers: text: basic mail processing equipment

question: When was the Somalia Postal Service first created?

question: Who is the Somali Postal Service helping?

question: What type of equipment did Somalia already have?

question: When did Somalia's national postal service restart?

question: Where is the Universal Postal Union located?
context: On 1 November 2013, international postal services for Somalia officially resumed. The Universal Postal Union is now assisting the Somali Postal Service to develop its capacity, including providing technical assistance and basic mail processing equipment.

qas: question: When was Radio Mogadishu established?
answers: text: during the colonial period

question: What languages di Radio Mogadishu originally broadcast in?
answers: text: Somali and Italian

question: What countrys assistance helped Radio Mogadishu modernize?
answers: text: Russian assistance

question: What type of services were offered in Somali, Amharic, and Oromo?
answers: text: home service

question: When was the colonial period?

question: Who originally opened Radio Mogadishu?

question: When was the Transitional National Government in power?

question: What is the total number of internet news located in Somalia?

question: When did Radio Mogadishu begin broadcasting in Italian again?
context: There are a number of radio news agencies based in Somalia. Established during the colonial period, Radio Mogadishu initially broadcast news items in both Somali and Italian. The station was modernized with Russian assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, Amharic and Oromo. After closing down operations in the early 1990s due to the civil war, the station was officially re-opened in the early 2000s by the Transitional National Government. In the late 2000s, Radio Mogadishu also launched a complementary website of the same name, with news items in Somali, Arabic and English.

qas: question: Mustaqbal Media Corporation is based where?
answers: text: Mogadishu

question: In what year was Shabelle Media network awarded the media of the year prize?
answers: text: 2010

question: How many short wave radio stations broadcast from the capital?
answers: text: one

question: Who won the 2009 award for Media of the Year?

question: How many FM radio stations broadcast in the central region?

question: What prize did RSF win?

question: When did the short-wave and FM radio stations begin broadcasting?

question: Which two short-wave stations broadcast from the capital?
context: Other radio stations based in Mogadishu include Mustaqbal Media corporation and the Shabelle Media Network, the latter of which was in 2010 awarded the Media of the Year prize by the Paris-based journalism organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In total, about one short-wave and ten private FM radio stations broadcast from the capital, with several radio stations broadcasting from the central and southern regions.

qas: question: About how many private radio stations does the region of Puntland have?
answers: text: six

question: What is the former name of Radio Gaalkacyo?
answers: text: Radio Free Somalia

question: Where does RAdio Gaalkacyo operate from?
answers: text: Galkayo

question: What province is Galkayo located in?
answers: text: Mudug province

question: How many government operated radio stations exist in the Somaliland region?
answers: text: one

question: How many radio stations does the southeastern region have?

question: What is the name of the government-operated radio station?

question: How many public radio stations does northeast Puntland have?

question: When did Radio Gaalkacyo receive its new name?

question: How many government radio stations does Puntland have?
context: The northeastern Puntland region has around six private radio stations, including Radio Garowe, Radio Daljir, Radio Codka-Nabbada and Radio Codka-Mudug. Radio Gaalkacyo, formerly known as Radio Free Somalia, operates from Galkayo in the north-central Mudug province. Additionally, the Somaliland region in the northwest has one government-operated radio station.

qas: question: What TV station is the main public service broadcaster in Somalia?
answers: text: Somali National Television

question: Where is Somali National Television located?
answers: text: Mogadishu

question: What year did experimental broadcasts of Somali National Television begin?
answers: text: 2011

question: When was Somali Nation Television officially re-launched?
answers: text: April 4, 2011

question: Howmany hours a day does SNTV broadcast?
answers: text: 24

question: What is Somalia's main international broadcaster?

question: When was the Somali National Television station first launched?

question: How many national public service broadcasters does Somalia have?

question: How many days a week does SNTV broadcast?

question: How long has SNTV been broadcasting?
context: The Mogadishu-based Somali National Television is the principal national public service broadcaster. On March 18, 2011, the Ministry of Information of the Transitional Federal Government began experimental broadcasts of the new TV channel. After a 20-year hiatus, the station was shortly thereafter officially re-launched on April 4, 2011. SNTV broadcasts 24 hours a day, and can be viewed both within Somalia and abroad via terrestrial and satellite platforms.

qas: question: Horn Cable Television and Universal TV are examples of what?
answers: text: private television networks

question: What type of Tv startions replay AL=jazeera and CNN?
answers: text: private television networks

question: Where does SBC TV broadcast from?
answers: text: Bosaso

question: What is the commercial capital of Puntland?
answers: text: Bosaso

question: Howmany governemnt run channels do Puntland and Somaliland regions have?
answers: text: one

question: How many private television networks does Somalia have?

question: What are two public television networks?

question: What is the commercial capital of Somalilnand?

question: How many government-run TV channels are there in Somalia?

question: What TV station broadcasts ABC?
context: Additionally, Somalia has several private television networks, including Horn Cable Television and Universal TV. Two such TV stations re-broadcast Al-Jazeera and CNN. Eastern Television Network and SBC TV air from Bosaso, the commercial capital of Puntland. The Puntland and Somaliland regions also each have one government-run TV channel, Puntland TV and Radio and Somaliland National TV, respectively.

qas: question: Where was The Mogadishu Times published?
answers: text: Mogadishu

question: What year did free media outlets begin to expand?
answers: text: 2003

question: Advertisers switched from print ads to what to reach more customers?
answers: text: radio and online commercials

question: Whos is a former editor with The Delka Broadsheet?
answers: text: Issa Farah

question: When is the National Somali Printing Press being reopened?

question: How many newspapers were published in Somalia?

question: Why did advertisers prefer print ads?

question: When did Xog Doon shut down?

question: When did Issa Farah stop working for Dalka?
context: In the early 2000s, print media in Somalia reached a peak in activity. Around 50 newspapers were published in Mogadishu alone during this period, including Qaran, Mogadishu Times, Sana'a, Shabelle Press, Ayaamaha, Mandeeq, Sky Sport, Goal, The Nation, Dalka, Panorama, Aayaha Nolosha, Codka Xuriyada and Xidigta Maanta. In 2003, as new free electronic media outlets started to proliferate, advertisers increasingly began switching over from print ads to radio and online commercials in order to reach more customers. A number of the broadsheets in circulation subsequently closed down operations, as they were no longer able to cover printing costs in the face of the electronic revolution. In 2012, the political Xog Doon and Xog Ogaal and Horyaal Sports were reportedly the last remaining newspapers printed in the capital. According to Issa Farah, a former editor with the Dalka broadsheet, newspaper publishing in Somalia is likely to experience a resurgence if the National Somali Printing Press is re-opened and the sector is given adequate public support.

qas: question: What is the IST?
answers: text: Information Support Team

question: As of December 2012, Somalia did not have systematic what?
answers: text: internet blocking or filtering

question: What internet standards were also unlear as of December, 2012?
answers: text: content standards online

question: When did Somalia begin internet filtering?

question: Who wrote Somalia's content standards?

question: What type of internet blocking did Somalia use?

question: When did the IST apply content standards to Somalia?

question: When did Somalia stop filtering the internet?
context: According to the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) and the African Union/United Nations Information Support Team (IST), Somalia did not have systemic internet blocking or filtering as of December 2012. The application of content standards online was also unclear.

qas: question: What years was the first ISP established in Somalia?
answers: text: 1999

question: Somalia was one of the last countries on what continent to get connected tothe internet?
answers: text: Africa

question: In 2009, what percent of Somalia has internet coverage?
answers: text: 53%

question: The quickest growing local businesses in Somalia are what types of businesses?
answers: text: internet commerce and telephony

question: Who was the first African country to get internet?

question: What year did Somalia reach 70% internet coverage?

question: Which act brought the first ISP to Africa?

question: What percentage of Somalia's capital has internet connection?

question: What is Somalia's largest national business?
context: Somalia established its first ISP in 1999, one of the last countries in Africa to get connected to the Internet. According to the telecommunications resource Balancing Act, growth in internet connectivity has since then grown considerably, with around 53% of the entire nation covered as of 2009. Both internet commerce and telephony have consequently become among the quickest growing local businesses.

qas: question: What was the numbe rof Somali internet users in the year 2000?
answers: text: 200

question: What was the number of internet users in the year 2011?
answers: text: 106,000

question: Goes the number of internet users in Somalia continue to rise or fall?
answers: text: rise

question: What was the number of mobile subscribers in Somalia in 2008?
answers: text: 512,682

question: What is the estimated number of mobile subscribers in Somalia in 2015?
answers: text: 6.1 million

question: In what year did Somalia first reach 50,000 internet users?

question: Who is responsible for the rise in internet users?

question: When did Somalia first get the internet?

question: Why is the number of mobile subscribers rising faster than the number of internet connected users?

question: How many mobile users were there in 2011?
context: According to the Somali Economic Forum, the number of internet users in Somalia rose from only 200 in the year 2000 to 106,000 users in 2011, with the percentage continuing to rise. The number of mobile subscribers is similarly expected to rise from 512,682 in 2008 to around 6.1 million by 2015.

qas: question: What is the STA?
answers: text: Somali Telecommunication Association

question: What sector does the STC oversee?
answers: text: ICT sector

question: In 2006, who reported that there were over half a million internet users within the territory?
answers: text: STA

question: How many established ISP were within the territory in 2006?
answers: text: 22

question: How many cyber cafes were withing the territory in 2006?
answers: text: 234

question: How many non-established ISPs were in Somalia in 2006?

question: How many restaurants had internet connectivity?

question: When was STA founded?

question: What is the ICT?

question: What percentage of the population had internet services?
context: The Somali Telecommunication Association (STA), a watchdog organization that oversees the policy development and regulatory framework of Somalia's ICT sector, reported in 2006 that there were over half a million users of internet services within the territory. There were also 22 established ISPs and 234 cyber cafes, with an annual growth rate of 15.6%.

qas: question: As of what year were dial up, wireless , and satellite services available?
answers: text: 2009

question: What was the landline growth rate of Somalia in 2009?
answers: text: 12.5%

question: What was the flat rate per month for unlimited landline calls in Somalia in the year 2009?
answers: text: $10 per month

question: What was Somalias largest ISP in 2009?
answers: text: Global Internet Company

question: Who was the only provider of dial up service in Somalias SouthCentral regions in 2009?
answers: text: Global Internet Company

question: Who was the first ISP provider in Somalia?

question: How quickly is the wireless service growing in Somalia?

question: Which Somali telecom operators designed the policies responsible for dial up's growth?

question: What is Somalia's second largest ISP?

question: How much did telecom operators charge for text messaging?
context: As of 2009, dial up, wireless and satellite services were available. Dial up internet services in Somalia were among the fastest growing on the continent, with an annual landline growth rate of over 12.5%. The increase in usage was largely due to innovative policy initiatives adopted by the various Somali telecom operators, including free local in-town calls, a flat rate of $10 per month for unlimited calls, a low charge of $0.005 per minute for Internet connections, and a one-time connection fee of $50. Global Internet Company, a firm jointly owned by the major Somali telecommunication networks Hormuud Telecom, Telcom Somalia and Nationlink, was the country's largest ISP. It was at the time the only provider of dial up services in Somalia's south-central regions. In the northern Puntland and Somaliland regions, online networks offered internet dial up services to their own group of subscribers. Among these firms was Golis Telecom Somalia in the northeast and Telesom in the northwest.

qas: question: Mogadishu and Bosaso are what in Somalia?
answers: text: major cities

question: What city in Soalia has the largest nuber of subscribers?
answers: text: Mogadishu

question: Where was the headquarters of the largest wireless internet services?
answers: text: Mogadishu

question: What is another name for Dalcom?
answers: text: Wanaag HK

question: What wireless services were offered to cities on the outskirts?

question: What was the price for limited internet access?

question: How many subscribers did Mogadishu have locally?

question: How many wireless internet services did Mogadishu headquarter?

question: Who did not use the wireless services?
context: Broadband wireless services were offered by both dial up and non-dial up ISPs in major cities, such as Mogadishu, Bosaso, Hargeisa, Galkayo and Kismayo. Pricing ranged from $150 to $300 a month for unlimited internet access, with bandwidth rates of 64 kbit/s up and down. The main patrons of these wireless services were scholastic institutions, corporations, and UN, NGO and diplomatic missions. Mogadishu had the biggest subscriber base nationwide and was also the headquarters of the largest wireless internet services, among which were Dalkom (Wanaag HK), Orbit, Unitel and Webtel.

qas: question: What wsas the satellite internet growth rate as of 2009?
answers: text: 10% to 15% per year

question: Dalkom Somalia provided internet over what?
answers: text: satellite

question: Who were one of the main clients of the local satellite service providers?
answers: text: internet cafes

question: As broadband access rose, what happened to the demand for satellite services?
answers: text: gradually began to fall

question: Who provided broadband wireless access?

question: What did national bandwidth providers cost?

question: How many terminals linked to North America?

question: How many teleports were there in Europe and Asia?

question: When did Dalkom Somalia begin providing internet over satellite?
context: As of 2009, Internet via satellite had a steady growth rate of 10% to 15% per year. It was particularly in demand in remote areas that did not have either dialup or wireless online services. The local telecommunications company Dalkom Somalia provided internet over satellite, as well as premium routes for media operators and content providers, and international voice gateway services for global carriers. It also offered inexpensive bandwidth through its internet backbone, whereas bandwidth ordinarily cost customers from $2,500 to $3,000 per month through the major international bandwidth providers. The main clients of these local satellite services were internet cafes, money transfer firms and other companies, as well as international community representatives. In total, there were over 300 local satellite terminals available aross the nation, which were linked to teleports in Europe and Asia. Demand for the satellite services gradually began to fall as broadband wireless access rose. However, it increased in rural areas, as the main client base for the satellite services extended their operations into more remote locales.

qas: question: Hormuud Telecom launched what service in 2012?
answers: text: Tri-Band 3G

question: Who was the 3G service for?
answers: text: internet and mobile clients

question: what type of connection was the first of its kind in Somalia?
answers: text: Tri-Band 3G

question: What type of connection does Tri-Band 3G offer its customers?
answers: text: faster and more secure

question: what does 3G stand for?
answers: text: third generation

question: When was the first generation mobile telecommunications released?

question: What was Somalia's first mobile service?

question: What does Tri-Band stand for?

question: When was Hormuud Telecom founded?

question: Who owns Hormuud Telecom?
context: In December 2012, Hormuud Telecom launched its Tri-Band 3G service for internet and mobile clients. The first of its kind in the country, this third generation mobile telecommunications technology offers users a faster and more secure connection.

qas: question: What year did Somalia receive its first fiber optic connection?
answers: text: 2013

question: in 2013, an agreement between Hormuud Telecom and Liquid Telecom provided residents access to what type of cable provider?
answers: text: broadband

question: How many miles long is Liquid Telecoms Network?
answers: text: 10,500 mile

question: How will the fiber optic connection impact the price for online access for the average user?
answers: text: more affordable

question: Where is Dalcom Somalia currently building a 1000 square mile data center?
answers: text: Mogadishu

question: When did Somalia first get internet?

question: How long is Hormuud's cable network?

question: What does the EASSy cable stand for?

question: When did Dalkom Somalia and WIOCC begin talks for their deal?

question: Where is Hormuud Telecom building a 1000 square mile data center?
context: In November 2013, Somalia received its first fiber optic connection. The country previously had to rely on expensive satellite links due to the civil conflict, which limited internet usage. However, residents now have access to broadband internet cable for the first time after an agreement reached between Hormuud Telecom and Liquid Telecom. The deal will see Liquid Telecom link Hormuud to its 17,000 km (10,500 mile) network of terrestrial cables, which will deliver faster internet capacity. The fiber optic connection will also make online access more affordable to the average user. This in turn is expected to further increase the number of internet users. Dalkom Somalia reached a similar agreement with the West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC) Ltd, which it holds shares in. Effective the first quarter of 2014, the deal will establish fiber optic connectivity to and from Somalia via the EASSy cable. The new services are expected to reduce the cost of international bandwidth and to better optimize performance, thereby further broadening internet access. Dalkom Somalia is concurrently constructing a 1,000 square mile state-of-the-art data center in Mogadishu. The site will facilitate direct connection into the international fiber optic network by hosting equipment for all of the capital's ISPs and telecommunication companies.