SAT-2

SAT-2 was a submarine communications cable linking Melkbosstrand, South Africa, to El Medano, Tenerife Island, Spain and Funchal, Madeira islands, Portugal. It was 9,500 kilometres long, contains 82 repeaters, operates at 560 Mbit/s and was in service from 1993 to January, 2013. It is the property of Telkom SA Ltd, Telefónica, Marconi, British Telecom, France Cables et Radio, and Deutsche Telekom.

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Transatlantic communications cables
TAT series	TAT-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12/13 14 CANTAT-1 2 3 PTAT-1
Private non-TAT	Gemini Apollo AC-1 Yellow/AC-2 FLAG Atlantic VSNL Transatlantic Hibernia Atlantic
Other	SAT-2 SAT-3/WASC/SAFE Atlantis-2 Columbus III Eulalink

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