ACE submarine cable extends to SA

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The Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable system, which had an initial aim to connect France to Gabon, will now extend to South Africa, its consortium of owners said.

ACE will connect all countries along the West coast of Africa, from Morocco to South Africa, providing broadband interconnection to the global telecommunications network to more than twenty-five countries in Africa and Western Europe.

The cable network's consortium currently comprises seventeen telecommunications operators.

Three operators, Mauritano-Tunisienne des T l communications, Camtel and Companhia Santomense de Telecomunica es recently joined the original fourteen operators (Benin Telecoms SA, C te d'Ivoire Telecom, France T l com SA, Gamtel, Maroc Telecom, Orange Bissau, Orange Cameroun, Orange Guin e, Orange Mali, Orange Niger, Orange Spain, Portugal Telecom, Sonatel and Togo Telecom), which signed the Memorandum of Understanding approved in Dakar on November 27th, 2008.

The submarine cable system, is expected to be 14,000km long, and will be switched on in 2011. It will benefit from a minimum capacity of 1.92Tbit/s.
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Source: I-Net Bridge

Another one?
 
woo-hoo!!! awash in bandwidth! Roll-on 2011 :D

/me starts digging my own undersea cable
 
http://www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=2769

ACE Submarine Cable Extended to South Africa

June 10, 2009 in Broadband

Yves_Ruggeri__Chairman_of_ACE_Consortium.jpgIn a press release, France Telecom has announced that ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) submarine cable system, which was intially planned to stretch from France to Gabon, will now be extended to South Africa connecting all countries along the West coast of Africa, from Morocco to South Africa. This new cable will provide broadband interconnection to the global telecommunications network to more than twenty-five countries in Africa and Western Europe.

The ACE consortium currently comprises seventeen telecommunications operators. Three operators, Mauritano-Tunisienne des Télécommunications, Camtel and Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações recently joined the original fourteen operators (Benin Telecoms SA, Côte d’Ivoire Telecom, France Télécom SA, Gamtel, Maroc Telecom, Orange Bissau, Orange Cameroun, Orange Guinée, Orange Mali, Orange Niger, Orange Spain, Portugal Telecom, Sonatel and Togo Telecom), which signed the Memorandum of Understanding approved in Dakar on November 27th, 2008.

Three operators, Mauritano-Tunisienne des Telecommunications, Camtel and Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicacoes recently joined the original fourteen operators, which signed the memorandum of understanding in Dakar in November 2008. The ACE submarine cable system, which will be more than 14,000 km long, will be switched on in 2011 and offer a minimum capacity of 1.92Tbps.
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Competition is indeed most welcome. When all of these cables are operational I think we will see rather pleasant caps and speeds :)
 
http://lw.pennnet.com/Articles/Arti...n=Display&PUBLICATION_ID=13&ARTICLE_ID=364284

Africa Coast to Europe submarine cable extended to South Africa

9 JUNE 2009 -- The Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable system, which was initially planned to stretch from France to Gabon, will now be extended to South Africa, thus connecting all countries along the west coast of Africa, from Morocco to South Africa. This new cable will provide broadband interconnection to the global telecommunications network to more than 25 countries in Africa and Western Europe.

The ACE consortium currently comprises 17 telecommunications operators. Three operators -- Mauritano-Tunisienne des Télécommunications, Camtel, and Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações -- recently joined the original 14 operators. The original members include Benin Telecoms SA, Côte d'Ivoire Telecom, France Télécom SA, Gamtel, Maroc Telecom, Orange Bissau, Orange Cameroun, Orange Guinée, Orange Mali, Orange Niger, Orange Spain, Portugal Telecom, Sonatel, and Togo Telecom. These 14 signed the memorandum of understanding approved in Dakar on 27 November 2008.

The ACE submarine cable system, which will be more than 14,000 km long, will be switched on in 2011. It will provide a minimum capacity of 1.92 Tbps, capable of supplying the network connectivity required to meet the needs of many countries and secure international traffic.

ACE will complement existing submarine cables (SAT-3/WASC/SAFE, SEA-ME-WE.3, ATLANTIS 2, etc.) and will offer the West African coastal region connectivity to telecommunications networks in Europe, America, and Asia.
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How many are we now supposed to have by say 2012 that we know of?
 
we gonna have more fibre hanging off the edge of the continent than on the continent itself! :(
 
sounds nice, always good to have more cables.
 
Wait, what about the African ownership thing the government was talking about?! Don't they still want to make it more conducive for them to have their own Infraco line?
 
It's not gonna land here.

Due to conflict of interest and African ownership bullcrap.
 
it's about time telkom see their ass. i hope they start making a loss on their broadband for a chhange in 2011 when all the cables start to take affect. at least my children 1 day might have a 20MB line.
 
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