Telkom has landed a new subsea fibre optic cable in Mombasa, Kenya, seeking to offer higher internet speeds, lower latency and broader bandwidth.
The launch of the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) cable, will bring faster and more stable communication services connecting Africa, Europe, and Asia.
This $399.9 million cable will connect France to Pakistan via the Europe-Asia route, and Mombasa, Kenya, via an Indian Ocean route. This will provide the most direct connectivity route from Asia and East Africa to Europe, and reduce existing communication delays between the continents.
The 15,000km long PEACE cable will give Kenya a strategic boost with respect to more flexible digital connection options, including high-speeds of 200 Gbps per single wavelength with a total capacity of 192Tbps.
The second phase of the Peace cable will extend to Singapore and Southern Africa, boosting bandwidth and connectivity from its current African landing point in Mombasa, all the way to South Africa, thus opening new markets in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The PEACE Cable is the sixth submarine cable to land in Kenya, preceded by the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1), SEACOM, The East African Marine System (TEAMS), the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and the Lower Indian Ocean NetWork II (LION II).
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