e Carrier Wholesale Services C WS , the international wholesale arm of global technology group e , announced the successful landing and integration of the 2Africa submarine cable system at its carrier neutral SmartHub data centre in the UAE.
Building on the completion of the core 2Africa system announced by the consortium, this milestone brings the cable's capacity into service locally, strengthening the UAE's international connectivity infrastructure and reinforcing its position as a global digital hub.
Spanning approximately 45,000 kilometres, 2Africa is the world's largest submarine cable system, connecting Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and plays a vital role in meeting the region's rapidly increasing international bandwidth requirements.
