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Europe-to-West Africa subsea cable system capacity doubled

12th September 2014

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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The 14 350 km Sat-3/Wasc/Safe cable system connecting Europe to the west coast of Africa has been successfully upgraded, doubling the system capacity.

The fourth upgrade, undertaken by Alcatel-Lucent and the Sat-3/Wasc/Safe consortium, which includes Telkom, has seen the cable system upgraded from 420 Gb/s to 920 Gb/s in the northern segments and from 340 Gb/s to 800 Gb/s in the southern segments.

“This cable upgrade further addresses the global capacity demands, such as fast Internet connectivity, data-hungry applications, high-quality video-on-demand and increasing social media use, thus enhancing customer experience,” explains Telkom CTO Alphonzo Samuels.

The upgrade, which has unlocked a seven- fold increase in the cable’s original design capacity through the use of Alcatel-Lucent’s advanced coherent technology, offers one of the lowest latency routes from Africa to Europe and caters for much-needed high-speed connectivity.

The system has 16 landing points in Europe, Africa and Asia, including in South Africa, Angola, Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Spain and Portugal.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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