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Given the onward connections to the
recently completed Monet Cable and the
West Africa Cable System (WACS), SACS will
also offer reduced latency between Miami
(USA) and Cape Town (South Africa) from
338ms to 163ms.
SACS offer a high quality of service and
improved latency of up to 60% over
current routing options. The cable will also
contribute to reductions in data traffic costs
between South America and Africa, offering
savings to operators that in turn, could be
passed onto end-users and customers.
António Nunes, CEO of Angola Cables said
that the commercialisation of the cable is
‘more than just a game-changer’ when it
comes to data connectivity and services
between the two continents. It is estimated
that direct communications between Africa
and the Americas will generate multiple
advantages worldwide for Internet service
providers (ISPs), Cloud Service Providers
(CSPs) and Over the Top Content Providers
(OTTs) making use of these connections.
The new routing will dynamically change the
Internet traffic patterns within the Southern
Hemisphere and combined with Monet &
WACS, will dramatically alter global digital
traffic routing options.
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SACS is a new thoroughfare for data
between networks, major content providers
and some of the fastest growing markets for
data consumption. the SACS route to reach markets in Africa and
Europe without utilising the traditional and
high volume, Northern Hemisphere Internet
traffic routings.
“Our ambition is to transport South American
and Asian data packets via our African hub
using SACS, and together with Monet and
the WACS, provide a more efficient direct
connectivity option between North, Central
and South America onto Africa, Europe
and Asia,” said Nunes. “By developing and
connecting ecosystems that allows for local IP
traffic to be exchanged locally and regionally,
the efficiency of networks that are serving the
Southern Hemisphere can be vastly improved.
As these developments progress, they will have
considerable impact for the future growth and
configuration of the global Internet.” SACS is 100% owned and managed by
Angola Cables has been designed with
100Gbps coherent WDM technology on
an end-to-end solution. With four fibre
pairs it offers a total design capacity of 40
Tbit/s between Fortaleza (Brazil) and
Luanda (Angola). n
The commissioning of the SACS cable is a big
leap forward in trans-Atlantic connectivity and
will have a profound impact on global digital
connectivity and is expected to fast-track
commercial activity in the ICT sectors and
stimulate the emerging economies in Latin
America and Africa. The cable will enable
African Internet service providers and users
a more direct, secure path to the Americas
– without having to pass through Europe.
Content service providers in Latin America will
also stand to benefit with the option of using
SACS IS A NEW
THOROUGHFARE
FOR DATA BETWEEN
NETWORKS,
MAJOR CONTENT
PROVIDERS AND
SOME OF THE
FASTEST GROWING
MARKETS FOR DATA
CONSUMPTION.
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