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Radio showsSpecial sectionsRelated sectors | Digital news Another day, another cable systemFive years ago, South Africa had one cable, Sat-3, running down Africa's west coast and connecting it to the global internet. Today the continent is surrounded by high-capacity cables, with plenty more, even bigger systems to come. There are now so many cables and such a great deal of capacity that Steve Song, author of the popular African Undersea Cables map, has been forced to redraw it using a logarithmic scale to show the systems' respective capacities. Song has updated the map to show the planned Brics Cable and Wasace systems - which have 12,8Tbit/s and 40Tbit/s design capacities respectively. Consider that five years ago, the design capacity of Sat-3 was just 120Gbit/s, or 0,12Tbit/s. Read 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.
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