Telkom to ring price changes
Telecoms prices are expected to drop by as much as 90percent by June when major cable networks open up direct broad- band connectivity to Europe, Asia and the US.
Seacom — the Mauritius-registered private equity project — announced yesterday that the first portions of deep water cable were now resting on the sea bed in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea off the South African and Egyptian coasts.
The cable was laid from the edge of the South African waters to Mozambique and in the Red Sea from Egypt towards the coast of Yemen.
Brian Herlihy, Seacom president, said: “We are delighted to have actual cable in the water and the countdown to June has begun.
“We have made tremendous progress since our ground- breaking in Mozambique last November and we can now sense a real level of excitement for Seacom’s arrival.”
The group announced that a third ship was being loaded with the remainder of Seacom’s deep-water cable, to be deployed from India towards Africa, where these three cable segments will be joined.
In parallel to the marine installation, Seacom has made some progress in land-based construction.
The high-performance optical transmission equipment, which connects customers to inland terrestrial networks, has been installed in the Maputo, Mumbai and Djibouti cable- landing stations.
Construction of the cable station in Kenya will be complete this month, followed shortly by the Tanzanian and South African stations.
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