East Africa: Seacom's Cable Reaches Two Ocean Floors

16 February 2009
press release

Cable laying work proceeding off the South African and Egyptian coasts

SEACOM is pleased to announce that the first portions of deepwater cable are now resting on the seabed of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. The cable has been laid from the edge of the South African waters to Mozambique and cable laying is also proceeding in the Red Sea from Egypt towards the coast of Yemen. A third ship is currently being loaded with the remainder of SEACOM's deepwater cable which will be deployed from India towards Africa, where these three cable segments will be joined.

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