SEACOM's Differentiation

Strategic As of the 23rd of July 2009, SEACOM is a service provider of international fibre optic bandwidth along the East Coast of Africa linking Southern and East Africa, Europe and South Asia. The 17,000 km route links South Africa to India and Europe via landing points in Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Djibouti, and Egypt Competitive SEACOM's enormous capacity of 1.28TB/s enables East and South Africans to enjoy high demand services such as high definition television (HDTV), peer to peer networks, internet protocol television (IPTV), and surging Internet demand. SEACOM's pricing is more than 90% less than satellite connectivity. SEACOM has been ready to serve Southern and East African markets from July 2009, well in time to meet the bandwidth needs of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa, and the growing requirements of the economies in the countries it serves. Political SEACOM has been structured to meet the policy objectives of Governments and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Timing SEACOM was the first to launch services with their Ready for Service date of July 23, 2009 Economic SEACOM is 76.56% African owned

Overview - South Africa - East Africa - Fiber Optic Cable