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WIOCC to Activate Fiber Pair on Equiano Cable with Ciena

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Monday, November 7, 2022
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WIOCC , a leading provider of digital connectivity and infrastructure across Africa, is working with Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) to become the first operator to activate a fiber pair on the new Equiano submarine cable system.

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  • WIOCC , a leading provider of digital connectivity and infrastructure across Africa, is working with Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) to become the first operator to activate a fiber pair on the new Equiano submarine cable system.
  • WIOCC is a key investor in Equiano, owning a full fiber pair on the system in addition to submarine line terminal equipment (SLTE) from Ciena.
  • Chris Wood, WIOCC Group CEO, commented: Ciena has extensive experience delivering market-leading submarine network solutions across the globe.
  • Were also teaming up with Ciena on the new 2Africa submarine cable, on which we own a fiber pair across the system.

Angola Cables Boosts Capacity on MONET Submarine Cable Network with Ciena

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Thursday, May 6, 2021
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b'Angola Cables , a multinational telecommunications and digital solutions provider, has upgraded its MONET submarine cable network using Ciena \xe2\x80\x99s (NYSE: CIEN) GeoMesh , powered by WaveLogic Ai coherent optical technology, to provide more capacity and lower latency to satisfy surging digital demands.\nAngola Cables has an extensive network connecting North America, South America, Africa, and Europe through its MONET submarine cable network, South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), and West Africa Cable System (WACS) .

Key Points: 
  • b'Angola Cables , a multinational telecommunications and digital solutions provider, has upgraded its MONET submarine cable network using Ciena \xe2\x80\x99s (NYSE: CIEN) GeoMesh , powered by WaveLogic Ai coherent optical technology, to provide more capacity and lower latency to satisfy surging digital demands.\nAngola Cables has an extensive network connecting North America, South America, Africa, and Europe through its MONET submarine cable network, South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), and West Africa Cable System (WACS) .
  • With Ciena\xe2\x80\x99s GeoMesh, Angola Cables added 2.2 Tbps of capacity to segments in the MONET network connecting Miami, Fortaleza, and S\xc3\xa3o Paulo to enhance the performance of bandwidth-intensive cloud-based services.
  • With a robust subsea cable infrastructure and highly interconnected IP network, Angola Cables offers customers greater access to the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest IXP\xc2\xb4s, Tier 1 operators and global content providers.
  • Through SACS, Monet and WACS submarine cable systems the company directly connects the Americas, Africa, and Europe and has established partnerships to reach Asia.