Deployment of the Seychelles East Africa System (SEAS) international submarine cable has begun, after the project's technology partner Alcatel-Lucent reported in a blog that the cable has been loaded on to cable ship CS Ile de Sein, which will lay the undersea fibre-optic link between Dar-es-Salaam and the Seychelles next month. The 1,900km route between the island nation and the African mainland is expected to be completed in mid-May, enabling high speed direct access to the internet and cheaper bandwidth; the 115-isle Seychelles archipelago has so far relied on expensive satellite connections for its domestic and international communications needs. Benjamin Choppy, the Seychelles’ ICT secretary and head of the cable’s owner, Submarine Cable System (SCS), announced after a visit onboard the cable ship: ‘ is a milestone in our development as a country and...
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OVETEL Captain Choppy says all aboard for cable landing in May
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