Cable type | Fibre-optic |
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Area served | Africa, Middle East, and Europe [1] |
Website |
www |
2Africa is an international submarine telecommunications cable that circumnavigates the coastline of Africa to interconnect Europe and the Middle East. It is funded by a consortium of companies including several telcos and Meta. [2] The system will be one of the first to use spatial division multiplexing (SDM1). [3] [4]
2Africa pass from Europe through the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, and then back into Europe via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. [3]
The system is to be constructed by Alcatel Submarine Networks. [5] and is intended to be operational in 2023. [3] On 9 December 2022, the cable landed in South Africa, which will be formally launched by MTN Group on 13 December 2022. [6] [4]
Cable type | Fibre-optic |
---|---|
Area served | Africa, Middle East, and Europe [1] |
Website |
www |
2Africa is an international submarine telecommunications cable that circumnavigates the coastline of Africa to interconnect Europe and the Middle East. It is funded by a consortium of companies including several telcos and Meta. [2] The system will be one of the first to use spatial division multiplexing (SDM1). [3] [4]
2Africa pass from Europe through the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, and then back into Europe via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. [3]
The system is to be constructed by Alcatel Submarine Networks. [5] and is intended to be operational in 2023. [3] On 9 December 2022, the cable landed in South Africa, which will be formally launched by MTN Group on 13 December 2022. [6] [4]