Mauritius Telecom, Reliance in Talks for Subsea Africa Cable
- T4 link to replace SAFE cable to Asia could cost $200 million
- Africa hit by outages recently due to marine cable breaks
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Mauritius’ top telecommunications company is in talks with operators including Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. and Orange SA for a new undersea cable linking Africa, Indian Ocean islands and Asia, improving redundancy in region hit by breakdowns.
The new line named T4 will replace the South Africa Far East cable that’s coming to end of life in 2027, a quarter of a century after commissioning. T4 will have 1,000 times more capacity than the SAFE, according to Kapil Reesaul, chief executive officer of the Port Louis-based Mauritius Telecom Ltd.