FEATURE SOUTH ATLANTIC SUBSEA NETWORK WELL POSITIONED TO SUPPORT INCREASING TRAFFIC DEMAND AND THE CRITICAL NEED FOR REDUNDANCY ROUTINGS BY ÂNGELO GAMA
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nternational network operator and digital services provider, Angola Cables’ vision to provide a robust subsea network bridging continents across the South Atlantic with low latency, high capacity routings has proved to be a well-orchestrated blueprint to accommodate the rapid growth in data traffic between Africa and the rest of the world – and secure the need for flexible redundancy routing options in
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“Today, more than 70% of all direct traffic between Africa and the US runs through the Angola Cables network – and we have become Africa’s most interconnected network operator in Africa."
a global environment facing increasing regional conflicts and mounting geopolitical uncertainties. Angola Cables CEO, Ângelo Gama said that the South Atlantic Cables System (SACS), which came online in September 2018, was the first high speed, low latency cable linking the African continent to South America and the USA, via the Monet Cable. This investment and strategy