| EASSy (Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System) | |
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| Landing points See the Cable landing points section |
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| Total length | 10,000 km[1] |
| Topology | |
| Design capacity | 4.72 Tb/s[1] |
| Currently lit capacity | |
| Technology | Fiber optics |
| Date of first use | July 16, 2010 |
| Decommissioning date | |
The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) is an undersea fibre optic cable system connecting countries of 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 is the highest capacity system serving sub-Saharan Africa, with a 4.72 terabit per second (Tbit/s), 2 fibre-pair configuration[1]. It is the first to deliver direct connectivity between east Africa and Europe / North America. It is also the only system with built-in resilience end-to-end. EASSy interconnects with multiple international submarine cable networks for diverse, seamless onward connectivity to Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia.
The project, partially funded by the World Bank, was initiated on January 2003, when a handful of companies investigated its feasibility. The cable entered service on 16 July 2010[2] with commercial service starting on 30 July 2010.[3]
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The cable landing points are[4]: