Undersea Cables Update

It has been a busy year in the world of African undersea cables as the timeline below of cable maps over the last year will attest. A lot has happened or more accurately plans and announcements for a lot have happened.

In this update, I have corrected a lot of information [...]

YAPAUC – Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) Cable

Yet Another Planned African Undersea Cable (YAPAUC).  As 2008 draws to a close, I can’t help but reflect in amazement at the rash of announcements in the last year of  planned undersea fibre-optic cables around the African continent.  If only half of them come to fruition, it will bring vast changes to the connectivity scene [...]

Undersea Cables Update

I’ve now moved the African Undersea Cables map to a permanent page that I will update as new information emerges.  The latest revision includes updates of:

the EASSy cable to reflect its growth to 1.4 terabits
the TEAMS cable to reflect its growth to 1.2 terabits (120 gigabits initial)
the SAT3 cable to remove the proposed 2010 [...]