2Africa
2Africa is a proposed international submarine telecommunications cable intended to circumnavigate the coastline of the continent of Africa to interconnect Europe and countries in Africa and the Middle East. It is funded by a consortium of companies include several telcos and Facebook. The system will be one of the first to use spatial division multiplexing (SDM1).

2Africa will pass from Europe through the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, and then back into Europe via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

The system is to be constructed by Alcatel Submarine Networks. The system is intended to be operational in 2023/2024.
Q506572
submarine telecommunications cable
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Africa
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Europe
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Middle East
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telco
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Facebook
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spatial division multiplexing
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Q1239
Indian Ocean
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Red Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
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Q5376061
Alcatel Submarine Networks
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Q94497306
2Africa
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Q94497306
2Africa
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