WACS Consortium and Alcatel-Lucent sign contract to deploy new subsea network

APRIL 8, 2009 -- The WACS Consortium and Alcatel-Lucent (search Lightwave for Alcatel-Lucent) have signed a turnkey contract valued at several hundred million U.S. dollars to deploy a new submarine cable network that will provide the first direct connection between Southern Africa and Europe. Named the West Africa Cable System (WACS), this 14,000 km-long submarine network system will bolster Internet and other communications capabilities to and from the African continent.

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