Global Information2Africa information
| 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]
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- ^ a b Vermeulen, Jan (9 December 2022). "Facebook's massive undersea cable lands in South Africa". MyBroadband. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "2Africa: New mega subsea cable to connect continent - TechCentral". techcentral.co.za. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "2Africa Lands in Ras Ghareb, Egypt - IT News Africa - Up to date technology news, IT news, Digital news, Telecom news, Mobile news, Gadgets news, Analysis and Reports". www.itnewsafrica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-09.