Huawei, PCCW undersea cable boosts Africa connectivityby MTHULISI SIBANDAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – HUAWEI Marine and Pacific Century Cyber Works (PCCW) Global will partner to construct the first submarine cable between Mauritius and Rodrigues Island, in further boost for African internet connectivity. This will be Huawei’s 12th submarine cable system deployed in the African region to address the increasing demand for connectivity. The 700km submarine cable has a design capacity of 16 terabit per second (tbit/s). Huawei Marine will provide the end-to-end solution and deploy the system with a ready for service date in 2019. Located north-east of Mauritius, Rodrigues is a small volcanic island, with its local telecommunications services currently provided by satellite connectivity.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 06, 2018 11:48 UTC