Cable landing a new chapter in Africa-America telecomsFrom PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, AngolaLUANDA, (CAJ News) – THE South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), one of the most advanced submarine telecommunications systems, has made landfall in Brazil. Expected to be fully operational by the third quarter of 2018, it is set to see a significant improvement in communications and content sharing between Angola, African countries and the Americas. Angola Cables, a telecommunications multinational, confirmed the landing of the cable, confirmed the landfall at Fortaleza on the Brazilian coast. Investments in underwater cable systems such as the West African Cable System (WACS) and Monet – connecting North and South America – combined with other investments in terrestrial infrastructure such as data centres, is opening up global communications networks. “It is also reorienting worldwide internet traffic and is effectively positioning Angola as a telecommunications hub in sub-Saharan Africa,” Nunes concludes.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 23, 2018 05:37 UTC