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South Africa

There are now 9 international subsea cables landing in South Africa, including WACS, SAT-3/WASC, SAFE, SEACOM, EASSy, METISS, ACE, Equiano and 2Africa.

In June, 2021, the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) cable system finally connected South Africa and landed at MTN's Duynefontein Cable Landing Station. The ACE cable system was ready for service in December 2012. 

Goolge's Equiano cable lands at Melkbosstrand CLS in a partnership with Telkom as the landing partner.

2Africa cable lands at four cable landing stations in South Africa, Yzerfontein CLS for 2Africa West, Duynefontein CLS, Port Elizabeth CLS and Amanzimtoni CLS for 2Africa East.

Cable landing stations on the East Coast of South Africa:

  • Mtunzini CLS (Telkom) for SAFE (2002) and EASSy (2010).
  • Mtunzini CLS (Liquid Telecom) for SEACOM (2009).
  • Amanzimtoni CLS (Liquid Telecom) for METISS (2019) 
  • Amanzimtoni CLS (WIOCC) for 2Africa (East, 2023)
  • Port Elizabeth CLS (Telkom) for 2Africa (East, 2023). Vodacom is the landing party for the 2Africa Port Elizabeth Landing.

Cable landing station on the West Coast of South Africa:

  • Melkbosstrand CLS (Telkom) for SAT-3/WASC (2002) and SAFE (2002), Equiano (2023)
  • Yzerfontein CLS (Telkom) for WACS (2011) and 2Africa (West, 2023).  MTN GlobalConnect is the landing party for the 2Africa Yzerfontein Landing. 
  • Duynefontein CLS (MTN) for ACE(2021) and 2Africa (East, 2023)

 

Articles
Title Published Date Hits
Amanzimtoni Cable Landing Station (WIOCC)
16-01-23 4040
Port Elizabeth Cable Landing Station
16-01-23 3586
Yzerfontein Cable Landing Station
01-04-20 6704
Melkbosstrand Cable Landing Station
01-04-20 8405
Mtunzini Cable Landing Station (Telkom)
01-04-20 7517
Mtunzini Cable Landing Station (Liquid Telecom)
01-04-20 5486
Amanzimtoni Cable Landing Station (Liquid)
01-04-20 5208
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