SAIL (cable system) explained

Map:Map of Cameroon-Brazil Cable System route.svg
Cable Name:SAIL (South Atlantic Inter Link)
First Use Date:Q3 2018 (ready for service)[1]
Design Capacity:32 Tbit/s[2]
Landing Points:
Owners:Camtel, China Unicom

The South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) (formerly referred to as Cameroon-Brazil Cable System or CBCS) is a submarine communications cable in the South Atlantic Ocean linking Kribi, Cameroon with Fortaleza, Brazil.

SAIL submarine cable project was jointly invested and constructed by China Unicom and Camtel. The cable landing points are operated by Camtel in Kribi and by China Unicom Brazil in Fortaleza. China Unicom provided project management and business operation support, while the engineering construction was contracted from Huawei Marine Networks. The whole project lasted for 14 months and was completed in August 2018.

The cable measures approximately 6,000 km in length and contain four optical fibre pairs, each capable of transmitting 100 wavelengths with a bandwidth of 100 Gbit/s (gigabits per second), for a design capacity of 32 Tbit/s (terabits per second).[4] [5] The project was financed through the Concessional Loan and Preferential Export Buyer’s Credit of China Exim Bank.

SAIL is an intercontinental submarine cable across the South Atlantic sea area, connecting the continent of Africa and South America establishing new Internet channels for Africa-South America, Africa-North America and South America-Europe.

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References

  1. Web site: 中国联通主导的首条南大西洋国际海底光缆全线贯通 . 5 September 2018 . China Unicom Global Limited . 26 February 2019.
  2. Web site: Huawei Marine is contracted to build Cameroon-Brazil trans-Atlantic submarine cable to connect Africa to Latin America . 28 January 2014 . press release . Huawei Marine Networks Co., Limited . 26 October 2015.
  3. Web site: The First International Submarine Cable in the South Atlantic Led by China Unicom Has Been Officially Put into Commercial Use . 15 November 2018 . China Unicom Global Limited . 26 February 2019.
  4. News: China Unicom Group to manage submarine cable between Brazil and Cameroon. 6 October 2017. Macauhub. 1 May 2018.
  5. News: SAIL the Atlantic With CAMTEL. Maidment. Gary. 25 April 2018. Light Reading. 1 May 2018.

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