2Africa consortium comprising China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, Saudi Telecom Company (stc), Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC announced on Thursday that they will partner to build 2Africa, which will be the most comprehensive subsea cable . 2Africa consortium comprising China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, Saudi Telecom Company (stc), Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC announced on Thursday that they will partner to build 2Africa, which will be the most comprehensive subsea cable . The 2Africa project is a collaboration between China Mobile and several international telecom operators, including Meta (formerly Facebook), Vodafone, Orange, Center3 (formerly STC), Bayobab (formerly MTN), WIOCC, and Telecom Egypt. This cross-continental submarine optical cable project covers. 2Africa is an international submarine telecommunications cable that interconnects Africa and further connects Asia and Europe. It passes from Europe through the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, and then back into Europe via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the first submarine. The launch of 2Africa enables us to offer our customers seamless connection between Africa and Europe, together with our SEA-ME-WE 5 and AAE-1 subsea cable resources to further extend to Asia, which is an important milestone of our global development strategy,” said Jessica Gu, Director & Chief. 2Africa is one of the largest subsea projects in the world, connecting 46 cable landing stations in 33 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, with a cable length of 45,000km. When it was first announce in May 2020, 2Africa was 37,000 km in length, connecting 23 countries, including 21 landings in 16. We're excited to share the completion of the core 2Africa infrastructure, the world's longest open access subsea cable system.
