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Seacom goes live, connects Mauritius?
July 24, 2009 by InF, under IT, Internet, Mauritius, Tech Posts.
That’s the latest news on submarine cables that come near Africa.
I have read before that there was some buzz about the Seacom cable connecting Mauritius in 2009, and will offer even higher speed internet to our small island.
The BBC reports that the Seacom cable has gone live! What does this mean to Mauritius? Higher internet speed soon? Lower costs?
But first things first. Are we even connected to the cable? From the picture, it connects to the SAFE cable that connects to Mauritius. Does that mean we are connected? I haven’t heard any news about this. I’ve looked in the newspapers I have available, and haven’t found anything recently, unless I missed some small article somewhere.
The last I heard about Seacom cable was that it was having some troubles because of the pirates in the region. Nothing on Mauritius getting connected to it so far.
The most relevant article I found was from L’Express, dated 15 January 2009. It does mention that there are 5 submarine cables being laid in our region, and that we will “benefit” from those cables. There’s another article with nearly same content, again from L’Express, for those who want reading material.
For now, we’ll patiently wait for the next speed boost while keeping the price same.
What are your views on this matter? Do you think we’ll see any boost or benefit anytime soon?
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3 Responses to “Seacom goes live, connects Mauritius?”
Comment by ashfaq
i checked afrigator.com.. ther’s loads of blogs commenting on that . . however, nothing yet for mauritius !! .. i fink either our honorable ministers didn’t think it necessary for us to be in that project or the SEACOM doesn’t come to Mauritius, but their is an extension cable which comes to mru.. check that out .. 
seems nice for another blog post
Comment by carrotmadman6
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http://www.lexpress.mu/Services/epaper_38859_-b–TELECOMMUNICATIONS–Emtel-%C3%A9tend-ses-antennes–%C3%A0-Goodlands–b-
Ajouté à cela Emtel mène un consortium de compagnies pour la pose d’un câble sous- marin à fibre- optique pour relier Maurice au câble Seacom ou EASSy.
http://www.lexpress.mu/Services/epaper_37152_-b–NOUVELLES-TECHNOLOGIES–Emtel-pour-un-Internet–plus-rapide-et-moins-cher–b-
Quant au second projet, il s’agit de poser un câble à fibres optiques sous- marin connectant Maurice à Madagascar. Il sera rattaché au câble EASSY qui connecte la Grande Ile au reste du monde. Pour ce projet qui serait opérationnel d’ici la fin de l’année prochaine, Emtel est à la tête d’un consortium.
Since Eassy will directly be connected to Mauritius, I suppose Emtel will be connecting its own cable to SEACOM.