EASSy explained

Cable Name:EASSy (Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System)
Landing Points:
Technology:Fiber optics
Design Capacity:more than 10 Tbit/s[1]
Length:10,000 km

The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) is an undersea fibre optic cable system connecting countries in Eastern Africa to the rest of the world.

EASSy runs from Mtunzini in South Africa to Port Sudan in Sudan, with landing points in nine countries and is connected to at least ten landlocked countries — which will no longer have to rely on satellite Internet access to carry voice and data services.

EASSy was the highest capacity system serving sub-Saharan Africa until the commissioning of WACS. It has a 2 fibre-pair configuration with a design capacity of more than 10 terabit per second (Tbit/s).[1] It is the first to deliver direct connectivity between east Africa and Europe / North America. It is the only system with built-in resilience end-to-end. EASSy interconnects with multiple international submarine cable networks for onward connectivity to Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia.[2]

The project, partially funded by the World Bank, was initiated in January 2003, when a handful of companies investigated its feasibility. The cable entered service on 16 July 2010,[3] with commercial service starting on 30 July 2010.[4]

Project milestones

Telecommunications companies of participating nations

Cable landing points

The cable landing points are:[5]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About EASSY. 2011-11-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120418100844/http://www.eassy.org/about.html. 2012-04-18. dead.
  2. Web site: 2014-01-23 . Alcatel-Lucent To Upgrade EASSy Submarine Cable System Along Africa’s Eastern And Southern Coast . 2023-08-16 . SubTel Forum . en-US.
  3. Web site: WIOCC-EASSy fibre cable goes live . 2010-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100411074746/http://www.wiocc.net/index.htm . 2010-04-11 . dead .
  4. http://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/14278-EASSy-enters-commercial-service.html EASSy enters commercial service
  5. Web site: EASSy network topology . 2010-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110226114442/http://www.wiocc.net/eassy_network_topology.htm . 2011-02-26 . dead .