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Submarine Cable Development
Africa, MENA, and
South East Asia
17 January 2016
Byron Clatterbuck
CEO
SEACOM Ltd
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• Traditional cable builds in Africa, MENA and India/SEA have been largely designed to reach content and distribution centers in Europe
• Markets in these regions have seen a varying degree of liberalization and competition, often with only one incumbent being the “gate keeper” of all new subsea cable development and access
• Limited liberalization and competition has further stymied investment in local distribution infrastructure and associated carrier-neutral data center/interconnection facilities
• A mix of private and consortium system development has occurred, but with limited “independent” carrier neutral investments where other service providers can access new capacity and diversity on a sound economic basis
• A combination of regulatory liberalization and open access to private/consortium cable systems has tended to create the most healthy and well-served markets
• However, “over investment” has also led to market destabilization and poor economic returns
Introduction
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SeaMeWe-5:
RFS: November 2016; Cable Length: 20,000 km
Owners: Telekom Malaysia, Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB), China Mobile, China Telecom, Orange, Myanmar Post and Telecommunication (MPT), Saudi Telecom, Sri Lanka Telecom, Telkom Indonesia, TOT, SingTel, Telecom Italia Sparkle, TeleYemen, China Unicom, du, Turk Telekom International, TransWorld Associates (Pvt.) Limited
Planned Cables – SEA/India, MENA, to Europe
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Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1):RFS: Q4 2016; Cable Length: 25,000 km
Owners: China Unicom, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat, Omantel, Djibouti Telecom, OTEGLOBE, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd., PCCW, Ooredoo, Mobily, Viettel Corporation, TeleYemen, Chuan Wei, Retelit, Reliance Jio Infocomm
Planned Cables – SEA/India, MENA, to Europe
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Planned Cables – SEA/India to MENA
Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG)RFS: December 2015; Cable Length: 8,050 km
Owners: Vodafone, Telekom Malaysia, Omantel, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Dialog Axiata, Etisalat,
Gulf Bridge International
Landing Points: Barka, Oman; Chennai, India; Fujairah, United Arab Emirates; Mumbai, India; Penang, Malaysia; Ratmalana, Sri Lanka
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Gulf2Africa (G2A):
RFS: Q4 2016; Cable Length: 1,500 km
Owners: Omantel, Golis Telecommunications, Telesom, Ethio Telecom
Landing Points: Berbera, Somalia; Bosaso, Somalia; Salalah, Oman
DARE (Djibouti-Africa-Regional-Express):
RFS: unknown; Cable Length: ±4,000km
Owners: Consortium
Landing Points: Djibouti, Mombasa, Mogadishu, Berbera, Bosasa
O2C:
RFS: Q4 2017; Cable Length: ±6,000km
Owners: Consortium
Liquid Sea:
RFS: Q4 2017; Cable Length: ±10,000km
Owners: Liquid Telecom
Australia West Express (AWE)
RFS: Q1 2017; Cable Length: 10,055 km
Owners: GoTo Networks
Landing Points: Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory; Djibouti City, Djibouti; Perth, Australia
G2A
Planned Cables – Africa East Coast and MENA
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West Africa:
ACE Extension (Africa Coast to Europe):
RFS: 2016; Cable Length: 17,000 km
Owners: Orange, Dolphin Telecom, Cote d’Ivoire Telecom, Gambia Submarine Cable Company, Portugal Telecom, Orange Cameroun, Sonatel, Cable Consortium of Liberia, STP Cabo, International Mauritania Telecom, Canalink, Orange Mali, Orange Niger, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone Cable Company, GUILAB, Benin ACE GIE
Landing Points: south-bound extension from Sao Tome & Principe to South Africa
Nigeria Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCS)
RFS: September 2015; Cable Length: 1,100 km
Owners: Camtel
Landing Points: Kribi, Cameroon; Lagos, Nigeria
Ceiba-2
RFS: Q4 2016; Cable Length: 290 km
Owners: Ministerio de Transportes, Tecnologia, Correos y Telecomunicaciones
Landing Points: Bata, Equatorial Guinea; Kribi, Cameroon; Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
ACE Cable System
Planned Cables – Africa West Coast
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Africa & South America:
South Atlantic Cable System (SACS):
RFS: Q1 2017; Cable Length: 6,500 km
Owners: Angola Cables; http://www.angolacables.co.ao
Landing Points: Fortaleza, Brazil; Luanda, Angola
South Atlantic Express (SAEx):
RFS: 2017; Cable Length: 10,400 km
Owners: SimplCom
Landing Points: Fortaleza, Brazil; Jamestown, Saint Helena,
Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Walvis Bay, Namibia;
Yzerfontein, South Africa; Mtunzini, South Africa;
Cameroon-Brazil Cable System (CBCS):
RFS: Q4 2017; Cable Length: 5,900 km
Owners: Camtel, China Unicom
Landing Points: Fortaleza, Brazil; Kribi, Cameroon
CBCS
SACS
SAEx
Planned Cables – Africa West Coast to South America
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• Announcements for new cables will continue as players position themselves in
the market
• Not all will materialize and consolidation of projects is likely
• Not all are driven by the need for diversity, improved latency or economic
rationales
• While subsea cables are an important growth driver, many markets in these
regions need to focus on encouraging competition and driving domestic
infrastructure improvement
• Shift in content distribution dynamics will have considerable impact going
forward
Summary
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www.submarinecablemap.com
Submarine Telecoms Industry Report, Issue 4, November 2015
References
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