SAT-2 is a submarine communications cable

Submarine communications cable

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 linking Melkbosstrand

Melkbosstrand

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, South Africa

South Africa

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, to El Medano

El Médano

El Médano is a town in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona, on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands....

, Tenerife

Tenerife

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 Island, Spain

Spain

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 and Funchal

Funchal

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, Madeira islands, Portugal

Portugal

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. It is 9,500 kilometres long, contains 82 repeater

Repeater

A repeater is an electronic device that receives asignal and retransmits it at a higher level and/or higher power, or onto the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances.-Description:...

s, operates at 560 Mbit/s and has been in service since 1993.
It is the property of Telkom SA Ltd, Telefónica

Telefónica

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, Marconi, British Telecom, France Cables et Radio, and Deutsche Bundespost

Deutsche Bundespost

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.

See also

• List of international submarine communications cables

Individual cable systems off the west coast of Africa include:

• ACE
  ACE (cable system)
  The ACE submarine communications cable is a cable system undergoing construction along the west coast of Africa between France and South Africa, planned by the ACE consortium which was initiated on June 5, 2010....
  
  
• ATLANTIS-2
  ATLANTIS-2
  ATLANTIS-2 is a fiber optic transatlantic telecommunications cable connecting Argentina, Brazil, Senegal, Cape Verde, Canary Islands and Portugal.The Atlantis 2 project total cost was US$370 million invest by a 25 international carrier consortium led technically and financially by Embratel with...
  
  
• GLO-1
  GLO-1 (cable system)
  The GLO-1 submarine communications cable is a cable system along the west coast of Africa between Nigeria and the UK.The submarine cable system is 9,800 km long, and became operational in 2010 with a minimum capacity of 640 Gbit/s....
  
  
• Main One
• SAT-3/WASC
  SAT-3/WASC (cable system)
  SAT-3/WASC or South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable is a submarine communications cable linking Portugal and Spain to South Africa, with connections to several West African countries along the route. It forms part of the SAT-3/WASC/SAFE cable system, where the SAFE cable links South Africa...
  
  
• WACS
  WACS (cable system)
  WACS is an under-construction submarine communications cable linking South Africa with the United Kingdom along the west coast of Africa which is being constructed by Alcatel-Lucent. The cable is 14,000 km in length, linking from Yzerfontein in the Western Cape of South Africa to London in...
  
  
• SEACOM