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Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)

In Service

17,000 km · 18 Landing Points · 18 Countries · Ready for Service: 2012

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Specifications

Length17,000 km
StatusIn Service
Ready for Service2012
End of Service2037
Capacity12.8 Tbps
Fiber Pairs2
SupplierAlcatel-Lucent
Landing Points18
Countries18

Owners

Bayobab Cable Consortium of Liberia Canalink Dolphin Telecom GUILAB Gambia Submarine Cable Company International Mauritania Telecom Orange Orange Cameroun Orange Cote d’Ivoire Orange Mali Republic of Cameroon Republic of Equatorial Guinea Republic of Gabon Republic of Guinea Bissau SBIN (Société Béninoise des Infrastructures Numériques du Bénin) STP Cabo Sierra Leone Cable Company Sonatel Zamani Telecom

Landing Points (18)

Location Country Position
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire CI Côte d'Ivoire 5.3235°, -4.0262°
Accra, Ghana GH Ghana 5.5583°, -0.2011°
Banjul, Gambia ?? Gambia 13.4559°, -16.5814°
Bata, Equatorial Guinea ?? Equatorial Guinea 1.8601°, 9.7682°
Carcavelos, Portugal PT Portugal 38.6902°, -9.3316°
Conakry, Guinea ?? Guinea 9.5136°, -13.7038°
Cotonou, Benin ?? Benin 6.3566°, 2.4399°
Dakar, Senegal SN Senegal 14.6866°, -17.4519°
Duynefontein, South Africa ZA South Africa -33.6933°, 18.4499°
Freetown, Sierra Leone ?? Sierra Leone 8.4853°, -13.2381°

About the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) Cable System

Africa Coast to Europe connects France to South Africa along the west coast of Africa, with landings in 22 countries.
Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)
  • Length17,000 km
  • StatusIn Service
  • Ready for Service2012
  • Capacity12.8 Tbps

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