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West African Cable System lands in Cape Town

The WACS cable system has landed at its final destination in Cape Town
April 19, 2011 Written by Pamela Weaver

A high capacity submarine cable system linking southern Africa with Europe landed at its final destination in Cape Town this morning. The West African Cable System (WACS), a 14,000km, 5.1Tbps system was brought ashore at Yzerfontein in the Western Cape and will both complement and compete with the 340Gbps Sat-3 system that went into service in the region in 2002.

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West African Cable System to land next week

WACS is due to reach its final destination in South Africa next week
March 30, 2011 Written by Pamela Weaver

The construction phase of the West African Cable System (WACS) is due for completion early in April, when the cable will reach its final destination point at Yzerfontein in South Africa. The cable was slated to be ready for commercial use by the third quarter of this year, but that target has now been pushed back to early 2012.

Tags; African submarine cable, MTN Africa, South Africa, Tata Communications, Telkom South Africa, Vodacom, WACS, Africa, Broadband, Europe, Networks, News & Analysis, Operator, Vendor