 |
Angola
Botswana
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Cote D'Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Mauritius
Seychelles
Algeria
Egypt
Morocco
Zambia| Press offices |
CategoriesRadio showsSpecial sectionsRelated sectorsIn the news | Digital news What it takes to build a subsea cableThe multibillion-rand Wacs cable has just gone live along Africa's west coast. But just what does it take to make a project of this magnitude happen, besides boatloads of money? The West African Cable System (Wacs), the highest-capacity undersea telecommunications cable to land in SA to date, will eventually offer countries along its route, including SA, up to 5,1Tbit/s of capacity into Europe. With 14 entities involved in the consortium that made the US$650m, 14 500km-long cable a reality, the biggest challenges have been red tape, regional variables and the technical challenges of laying the physical cable. The cable weighs as much as 20 Airbus A380 aircraft and at its deepest point it lies 5,1km below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. And were one to attach all of the fibre pairs end-to-end, they'd circle the globe three times. But there's another important aspect to the cable: powering it. This is done via 10,5kV direct-current to drive the repeaters. The cable is powered from every landing station and every branch along its route from London to its final destination at Yzerfontein, north of Cape Town. Continue reading the full story on www.TechCentral.co.za. SOURCE TechCentralFounded by Duncan McLeod, TechCentral is the leading quality news and information resource for people involved in South Africa’s fast-growing information and communications technology industry and those interested in the fast-changing world of information technology. It provides quality news, reviews and comment relevant to its quickly expanding audience. Follow TechCentral on Twitter at @techcentral, become a Facebook fan and subscribe to the daily newsletter. Go to: http://www.techcentral.co.za
About Craig WilsonCraig Wilson is an ICT journalist and speaker based in Johannesburg. He currently works as a senior journalist at TechCentral, the South African source for technology news, reviews and opinion, and regularly provides insight into the technology industry for radio and television. Email him at , follow @craigwilson on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This Message Board accepts no liability of legal consequences that arise from the Message Boards (e.g. defamation, slander, or other such crimes). All posted messages are the sole property of their respective authors. The maintainer does retain the right to remove any message posts for whatever reasons. People that post messages to this forum are not to libel/slander nor in any other way depict a company, entity, individual(s), or service in a false light; should they do so, the legal consequences are theirs alone. Bizcommunity.com will disclose authors' IP addresses to authorities if compelled to do so by a court of law. | Subscribe to industry newslettersRelated newsSubmit news Related tweetsTop stories
Press offices |
 | The Sapphires glitter bright [Daniel Dercksen] |
 | Abdullah Ibrahim to headline at Standard Bank Joy of Jazz |
 | Step carefully when buying a car [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] |
Bizcommunity has over 400 industry contributors and we always welcome further contributions and contributors.
News
Community
Submit
MyBiz Account
Advertise
Bizcommunity
ADSL & Web hosting proudly provided by Afrihost. All rights reserved. © 2013. Bizcommunity.com, its sponsors, contributors and advertisers disclaim all liability for any loss, damage, injury or expense that might arise from the use of, or reliance upon, the services contained herein. Privacy policy, Terms of Use, PAIA.