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PEACE Cable

PEACE Cable
Cable typeSubmarine Fibre-optic
Construction beginning22 October 2018[1]
Construction finished10 November 2022[2]
Design capacityUp to 24 Tbit/s (per fiber pair)
Built byPeace Cable International Network Co. Ltd.
Area servedAsia, Africa, Europe
Owner(s)Peace Cable International Network Co. Ltd.
Websitewww.peacecable.net

PEACE Cable, which stands for Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe, is a submarine cable project designed to facilitate data transmission between Asia, Europe, and Africa. It is owned by Peace Cable International, a subsidiary of Hengtong Group. The 15,000 km cable system is deployed along the seafloor of the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, with plans to extend the cable length to 25,000 km.[3][4][5] It is based on WSS ROADM technology with a design capacity of 24 Tbit/s per fiber pair.[6] The cable entered service and became fully operational in December 2022.[7]

The main trunk connects Pakistan, Kenya, Egypt, Singapore and France but there are also branches to the Maldives, Malta, Cyprus, the Seychelles, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia and Somalia.[3]

Landing points and operators

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PEACE Cable Landing Points
Location Operator & Technical Partner
Marseille, France
Abu Talat, Egypt

Zafarana, Egypt

Mombasa, Kenya
Victoria, Seychelles
Haramous CLS, Djibouti
Berbera, Somaliland
Karachi, Pakistan
Kulhudhuffushi, Maldives
Tuas, Singapore

Privately owned branches

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Subsystems of PEACE Cable
Location Cable Name Owner and Operator
Geroskipou, Cyprus ARSINOE
Mellieħa, Malta LaValette
Bizerte, Tunisia IFRIQIYA
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia J2M (Jeddah to Marseille)

References

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  1. ^ "PEACE Cable Project Enters into Cable and Material Manufacturing Stage". www.submarinenetworks.com.
  2. ^ "PEACE Completes Final Splicing to Connect Kenya, Egypt, France and Pakistan". www.submarinenetworks.com.
  3. ^ a b "PEACE - Submarine Networks".
  4. ^ "Connecting Beijing's Global Infrastructure: The PEACE Cable in the Middle East and North Africa".
  5. ^ "China's 7,500-Mile Undersea Cable to Europe Fuels Internet Feud". Bloomberg. 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ "NetWork - Peace". www.peacecable.net. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  7. ^ "PEACE Cable System goes live - Submarine Networks". www.submarinenetworks.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  8. ^ epp (2021-10-19). "Orange, PCCW Global and PEACE Cable International jointly announce the landing of PEACE submarine cable in Marseille". Newsroom Groupe Orange (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  9. ^ "Telecom Egypt signs landing party agreement for PEACE cable system". ir.te.eg. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  10. ^ "PEACE – Telkom". Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  11. ^ "Liquid brings additional subsea cable capacity in Kenya in partnership with PEACE Cable Company". Liquid Intelligent Technologies. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  12. ^ "Landing of the PEACE submarine cable system in Seychelles – Second project". www.nation.sc (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  13. ^ "Upcoming networks - Djibouti Telecom". international.djiboutitelecom.dj. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  14. ^ "Connecting Beijing's Global Infrastructure: The PEACE Cable in the Middle East and North Africa". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  15. ^ kcl@rk (2022-05-06). "Peace Cable Lands in Berbera, Somaliland". SubTel Forum. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  16. ^ Report, Recorder (2019-04-18). "PEACE Cable, Cybernet Pakistan sign agreement". Brecorder. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  17. ^ "Ooredoo Maldives and PEACE Cable to connect Maldives to PEACE Singapore". Capacity Media. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  18. ^ "Tuas Cable Landing Station - Submarine Networks". www.submarinenetworks.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  19. ^ "HMN Tech on LinkedIn: 🎊 Exciting news! Today, PEACE Cable System achieved a major milestone…". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  20. ^ "The new ARSINOE subsea cable system comes into operation". CYTA. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  21. ^ "GO Launches Multi-Million Connectivity Project Linking Malta to France and Egypt". www.go.com.mt. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  22. ^ "Ooredoo Tunisia connects to PEACE Cable". www.telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  23. ^ "Zain Global Connect to link Jeddah to Marseille through J2M undersea cable". www.zain.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.