ACE SUBMARINE CABLE BREAKS GROUND IN THE GAMBIA

The ACE submarine fiber optic cable from France has landed in the Gambia in what would potentially change the bandwidth access and Internet penetration in one of Africa’s most attractive tourist destinations. The ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) submarine communications cable system connects a host of African countries across the West Coast of Africa From France down to South Africa in what could be one of the longest undersea connections on the continent stretching over 14,000 km with a minimum capacity of 1.92 Tbit/s. ACE comes with Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) which works seamlessly with existing submarine cables. Countries expected to be connected by ACE include: France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands (Spain), Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.