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This article is about the submarine communications cable. For other uses, see SAT 2.

SAT-2 was a submarine communications cable linking Melkbosstrand, South Africa, to El Medano, Tenerife Island, Spain and Funchal, Madeira islands, Portugal.[1] It was 9,500 kilometres (5,900 mi) long, contained 82 repeaters, operated at 560 Mbit/s and was in service from 1993 to January, 2013.[2] It was the first sub-Saharan cable, but it bypassed the African west coast.[3]

It is the property of a consortium of fifteen operators including: Telkom SA Ltd, Telefónica, Marconi, British Telecom, France Cables et Radio, and Deutsche Telekom.[4]

See also

Individual cable systems off the west coast of Africa include:

Notes

  1. ^ Stephen Frempong (2007). “The Submarine Communications Cable Ring In Africa” (PDF). 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition. Art. 12.1473. Honolulu, Hawaii: American Society for Engineering Education. p. 3.
  2. ^ Rafael García Pérez (2023). “Submarine cables across the Atlantic: Geopolitics and security of a critical infrastructure” (PDF). Atlantic Center Report. 3. Atlantic Center: 71.
  3. ^ Darren Wilkins (2010). Miyesha Cheeks, Jennifer Wilkins (ed.). A Digital Liberia: How Electrons, Information, and Market Forces Will Determine Liberia’s Future. p. 336.
  4. ^ Olivier Sagna, Christophe Brun, Steven Huter (2013). A History of the Internet in Senegal (1989–2004) (PDF). Eugene, OR: University of Oregon. p. 19.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)