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West Africa Cable System (WACS)

No reported incidents

Length
14,530 km (9,029 mi)
In service since
May 2012
Owners
  • Altice Portugal
  • Angola Cables
  • Bayobab
  • Broadband Infraco
  • Camtel
  • Cape Verde Telecom
  • Congo Telecom
  • Liquid Intelligent Technologies
  • Office Congolais de Poste et Télécommunication
  • PCCW
  • Tata Communications
  • Telecom Namibia
  • Telkom South Africa
  • Togo Telecom
  • Vodacom DRC
  • Vodafone
  • Vodafone Espana
  • Vodafone Ghana
Suppliers
ASN
Website
wacscable.com

Landing points · 13

  • Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
  • Accra, Ghana
  • El Goro, Canary Islands, Spain
  • Lagos, Nigeria
  • Limbe, Cameroon
  • Lome, Togo
  • Muanda, Congo, Dem. Rep.
  • Pointe-Noire, Congo, Rep.
  • Praia, Cape Verde
  • Sangano, Angola
  • Seixal, Portugal
  • Swakopmund, Namibia
  • Yzerfontein, South Africa
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