Telkom has successfully landed the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) subsea fibre optic cable in Mombasa, Kenya.
The PEACE cable, valued at $399.9 million, will provide a direct connectivity route from Asia and East Africa to Europe, reducing existing communication delays between the continents.
With a total capacity of 192Tbps and high-speeds of 200 Gbps per single wavelength, the 15,000km long PEACE cable will give Kenya a strategic boost in terms of digital connection options.
The cable's second phase will extend to Singapore and Southern Africa, boosting bandwidth and connectivity from its current African landing point in Mombasa, all the way to South Africa, thus opening new markets in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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).
