INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cabling
Angola Cables reach
important milestone for
Africa-America cable
system project
Taking a step closer to completing
a valuable new route for the global
telecommunications sector, Angola
Cables has announced the completion
of the marine survey for the South
Atlantic Cable System (SACS), as
well as the start of cable loading on
the Angolan side of SACS. Marking
an important milestone in the
development of the globally relevant
project, when completed, SACS will
interconnect with the Monet cable
system – connecting the United States
and Brazil – and WACS, the West Africa
Cable System.
SACS is a 40 Tbps cable, 6,165 km in
length, with four fibre pairs that will
connect Angola to Brazil, linking Africa
and America (each fibre pair is capable
of transmitting 100 wavelengths with
a bandwidth of 100Gbit/s). Angola
Cables is one of the 12 members of
the consortium that manages WACS,
a cable system which provides carrier
level services to operators in Angola and
sub-Saharan Africa across 11 countries.
As a 14,530 km cable running from
Yzerfontein (South Africa) to London
(UK), WACS has four fibre pairs and
includes 14 landing points, 12 along
the western coast of Africa (including
Cape Verde and Canary Islands) and
two in Europe (Portugal and England). of SACS. Completion of the marine
survey means that final manufacturing
can be completed and any minor
route and/or cable type adjustments
can be fine-tuned based on the actual
survey findings. With the loading of
the Pre-Laid Shore End (PLSE) the
construction of SACS is underway. For
this aspect of the cable system, Angola
Cables commissioned NEC Japan and
contracted Ocean Specialists, Inc (OSI)
to oversee the construction process, all
to assure the highest levels of quality.
With the marine survey successfully
completed, Angola Cables assures that
the cable will be deployed in the best
route, thus avoiding hazardous points,
a crucial factor in ensuring longevity “We have worked closely with our
partners and suppliers to ensure the
highest possible value of the SACS
network for our customers,” said
Antonio Nunes, CEO of Angola Cables.
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“As part of our global connectivity
strategy, SACS will offer the first
direct, high-capacity southern
transatlantic connection.”
“These key milestones illustrate that the
SACS cable is on target for completion
as Angola Cables continues to build
sales momentum for delivery of services
on SACS by the middle of 2018.
Increasingly, customers are turning
to the southern transatlantic route
for diversification and security. SACS,
coupled with Monet and the existing
WACS cable, provide unparalleled
value for which we are seeing very high
demand in the marketplace,” added
Artur Mendes, Chief Commercial Officer
for Angola Cables.
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