Name and Location
Sonangol Offshore Optical Cable (SOOC), Angola.

Client
Sonangol.

Project Description
The project involves the development of the SOOC, a critical infrastructure project that will significantly reduce the cost-per-bit associated with the delivery of data traffic to Angola, including its offshore oil and gas production facilities.

Spanning 1 900 km, the SOOC undersea network will connect to landing points at four locations along the Angolan coast and will allow for the country’s oil and gas industry to benefit from very large offshore data bandwidth with high availability and reliability and low latency.

The SOOC will allow for better operational efficiency and optimise operational costs and will also bring significant benefits to the Angolan economy, as a high-speed connection will be established between Luanda and Cabinda to fulfil national telecommunications needs.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
The development phase is under way and construction work is scheduled to start in second half of 2016.

Latest Developments
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, the undersea cables subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has been awarded the contract for the development for the SOOC.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (SOOC development).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Alcatel-Lucent investor relations, Arisa Baldo, tel +33 1 55 14 11 20 or email marisa.baldo@alcatel-lucent.com; or Tom Bevilacqua, tel + 1 908 582 7998 or email thomas.bevilacqua@alcatel-lucent.com.