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Proposed international submarine telecommunications cable
2Africa
Cable typeFibre-optic
Design capacity180 Tbit/s (11.25 Tbit/s per fiber pair)
Built byAlcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN)
Area servedAfrica, Middle East, and Europe
Owner(s)Consortium
Websitewww.2africacable.net

2Africa is an international submarine telecommunications cable that circumnavigates the coastline of Africa to interconnect Europe and the Middle East.

The system will be one of the first to use spatial division multiplexing (SDM1) and has a design capacity of 180 Tbps across 16 fiber pairs. When complete, 2Africa will be the largest subsea cable in the world, at 45,000 kilometers long, connecting 46 cable landing stations across 33 countries.

2Africa passes from Europe through the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, and then back into Europe via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

The system is to be constructed by Alcatel Submarine Networks and is intended to be operational in Q4 2024.

Cable ownership

2Africa is funded by a consortium consisting of eight members, namely:

Open access model

The consortium has mandated that every operator of 2Africa must provide effective access to the international capacity at reasonable prices and on non-discriminatory terms. Cable landing station operators can be penalized and even completely disconnected from the 2Africa system if they fail to provide access to capacity at their landing points.

Landing points and operators

2Africa Cable Landing Points
Location Operator & Technical Partner
Barcelona, Spain AFR-IX Telecom
Marseille, France Vodafone Group Plc
Genoa, Italy Vodafone Group Plc
Tympaki, Greece Vodafone Group Plc
Port Said, Egypt Telecom Egypt
Ras Ghareb, Egypt
Duba, Saudi Arabia Saudi Telecom Company
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia Saudi Telecom Company
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Djibouti City, Djibouti Djibouti Telecom
Berbera, Somaliland SomCable
Mogadishu, Somalia Dalkom Somalia
Victoria, Seychelles Intelvision
Mtwapa, Kenya Airtel Kenya
Mombasa, Kenya
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Airtel Tanzania
Nacala, Mozambique Vodacom Mozambique
Mahajanga, Madagascar Telma Madagascar
Maputo, Mozambique Vodacom Mozambique
Amanzimtoti, South Africa West Indian Ocean Cable Company
Gqeberha, South Africa Vodacom
Yzerfontein, South Africa MTN Group
Duynefontein, South Africa
Luanda, Angola Unitel Angola
Moanda, DR Congo Orange RDC, Airtel DRC
Pointe-Noire, DR Congo
Libreville, Gabon Airtel Gabon
Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria MainOne (Equinix)
Lagos, Nigeria Bayobab (MTN Group)
Accra, Ghana Bayobab (MTN Group)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast MTN Group
Dakar, Senegal Sonatel
Telde, Canary Islands Vodafone Group Plc
Carcavelos, Portugal Vodafone Group Plc
Bude, United Kingdom Vodafone Group Plc

In September 2021, 2Africa announced a new segment of the cable called '2Africa PEARLS', which extends to the Persian Gulf, India and Pakistan.

2Africa PEARLS Branch
Location Operator & Technical Partner
Kalba, UAE Etisalat by e&
Barka, Oman Ooredoo Oman
Salalah, Oman
Doha, Qatar Vodafone Qatar
Manama, Bahrain Saudi Telecom Company
Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia Saudi Telecom Company
Kuwait City, Kuwait KEMS Zajil Telecom
Al-Faw, Iraq ITPC
Karachi, Pakistan Transworld Associates
Mumbai, India Bharti Airtel

See also

References

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