Progress on BRICS submarine cable

Alcatel had already mapped the cable route, which will connect the BRICS cable with existing undersea cables along the way.

Feasibility studies for the upcoming BRICS undersea cable have been completed, says the Department of Communications.

Speaking at the North-West ICT Summit, Communications minister, Dina Pule explained that Alcatel had already mapped the cable route, which will connect the BRICS cable with existing undersea cables along the way.

“The speed of the cable is set to be 12.8Tb/second. These steps will strengthen the country’s data backbone and will improve the offering of broadband Internet and data-related services,” Pule said.

Dina Pule Progress on BRICS submarine cable

The cable will strengthen the country’s data backbone and improve broadband Internet, says Dina Pule.

In March 2012, President Jacob Zuma announced at a BRICS meeting in Delhi that a 34 000km undersea cable linking Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa would be completed at a cost of more than $1 billion.

Pule also highlighted the importance of broadband infrastructure - explaining  the cable would allow South Africa to leapfrog towards becoming a knowledge based society and accelerate the pace in order to remain globally competitive.

“South Africa has begun initiatives to invest in technology and infrastructure. The landing of the undersea cable West African Cable System (WACS) is one of several projects expected to double South Africa’s broadband capacity.”

WACS went live in May. The 17 200 km ultra high capacity fibre optic submarine cable system spans 14 countries and links Southern Africa and Europe, spanning the west coast of Africa from Cape Town, South Africa, and terminating in London, United Kingdom, with a total of fifteen landing points.

pf button big Progress on BRICS submarine cable

Related News :

  • Communications minister, Dina Pule, has called for more conversation on the role submarine cables will play in the reduction of broadband costs and job creation. Speaking at the 2012 ICT Indaba in Cape Town today, Pule said deliberations at th …

  • The West Africa Cable System (WACS) consortium has inaugurated its high capacity submarine cable system at an event in Cape Town on Friday. The 17 200 km ultra high capacity fibre optic submarine cable system spans 14 countries and links South …

  • The high-capacity West Africa Cable System (WACS) has landed at Yzerfontein, near Cape Town – marking the introduction of the next major cable linking SA to Europe. [caption id=”attachment_945″ align=”alignright” width=”256″ caption=”West Af …

  • The West African Cable System (WACS) will further boost international broadband competition, reduce pricing, and provide Africa with the means to exponentially grow its data consumption, says Internet Solutions. The 17 200 km ultra high capaci …

  • MTN has announced that their national long distance fibre optic network between Germiston and Durban is nearing completion, with two major MTN nodes in New Germany and Durban ready to go live on the MTN network. [caption id=”attachment_6443″ a …

Sign up for SAITNEWS — Tracking ICT news in the public sector

SAITnews is an independent online ICT publishing service focusing on tracking ICT news and projects in the public sector.
* = required field

powered by MailChimp!