The Mauritius Telecom T3 subsea cable linking Mauritius to South Africa has been installed successfully by Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a division of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology company.
This cable was installed at Liquid’s landing site at Amanzimtoti, South Africa, just south of Durban. In doing so, the link between the two nations will gain much-needed stability and redundancy.
The total capacity of the T3 cable system is 54 Tbps, with each of the four fibre pairs having a design capacity of 13.5 Tbps. By capitalising on Liquid’s 110,000 km of fibre backbone in Africa, Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa is improving access to a high-speed, reliable Internet connection for economies in the Indian Ocean islands.
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To ensure that no citizen of South Africa is left behind in the digital age, we at Liquid South Africa are committed to ensuring universal access to high-speed Internet. Deon Geyser, CEO of Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa, boasted that the company’s partnerships with multiple sea cables—including Equiano, METISS, EASSy, and the T3 cable system—ensure that businesses and individuals in South Africa have access to low-latency, high-capacity networks that meet their mission-critical connectivity requirements at a reasonable price.
This partnership will have a good effect by delivering stable internet access to South Africa, as well as by boosting economic growth and helping community development by generating jobs. “This is yet another achievement by Liquid SA as we continue to provide access to high-speed connectivity, the backbone for the country’s businesses to operate and succeed in this digitally transformed business environment,” said Geyser.
What to know about the Mauritius Telecom T3 subsea cable
The T3 fibre optic submarine cable was deployed in Mauritius on March 24 by Mauritius Telecom, the country’s leading internet service provider and distributor of cellular services. The new infrastructure’s first piece arrived in the Bel Ombre area on March 23, 2023, at the Baie-du-Jacotet landing station.
With a capacity of 18 terabits per second and a length of 3,200 km, the T3 cable provides Mauritius Telecom with a more secure, redundant, and stable network. The project is expected to be completed in 2023 and to operate for at least 25 years.
The IOX submarine cable project connecting Mauritius, South Africa, and India has been partially taken over by T3. After being declared in 2017, it was abandoned in 2019. It will connect to the South Africa Far East (SAFE) cable commissioned in 2002 and the Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION) cable commissioned in 2009.
Note that Orange SA, via Rimcom Ltd., owns 40% of Mauritius Telecom. Other owners include the government of Mauritius (more than 30%) and the local bank SBM (approximately 19%).