On March 29, 2022, Telkom and PEACE Cable successfully landed a new submarine cable in Mombasa, Kenya, marking a significant milestone in the country's digital transformation.
The PEACE Cable, a 15,000km long undersea cable, will provide Kenya with more flexible digital connection options, including high-speeds of 200 Gbps per single wavelength with a total capacity of 192Tbps.
According to Telkom's CEO, Mugo Kibati, the investment in submarine cables is of strategic importance to the company, where they view access to the Internet as a fundamental human right.
"The sharp increase in demand for Internet services, including cloud computing, streaming, gaming, connected devices, and seamless service provision with no interruption, has made this kind of delivery infrastructure essential," Kibati said.
The PEACE Cable will give Kenya a strategic boost in terms of digital connection options, stable and secure data access possibilities, and the potential to unlock new markets for co-location data centers, content development networks, and Over-the-Top service providers.
"This ultra-high capacity Cable will assist Kenya and the region in meeting its current and future broadband capacity requirements, bolster redundancy, minimise transit time of our country's connectivity to Asia and Europe, as well as assist carriers in providing affordable services to Kenyans," Kibati added.
The PEACE Cable is the sixth submarine cable to land in Kenya, preceded by the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE 1), SEACOM, The East African Marine System (TEAMS), the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy), and the Lower Indian Ocean NetWork II (LION II).
PEACE's second phase will see the cable extend to Singapore and Southern Africa, boosting bandwidth and connectivity from its current African landing point in Mombasa, all the way to South Africa, consequently opening new markets to cable partners in East Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
