Well, India and Africa are not going to develop new under sea cable system but are thinking of the prospect of merging two projects. Some African countries are trying to implement East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) but this project is suffering problem because of infighting between two countries in Africa. On the other hand, Reliance Communications Ltd ‘inaugurated its Falcon submarine cable on September 5 as part of its Flag Telecom Global Network running through 35 countries.’ Tata is also planning to make a submarine cable connecting India with Asia and Europe.
“Africa and India are due to explore merging two undersea telecoms cable projects, a forum of Indian and South African business leaders heard on Monday.
African countries are seeking to build the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy), but squabbling has delayed the launch of the project.
A separate Indian project is bringing an undersea telecoms cable to Europe and efforts are underway to link the two, Andile Ngcaba, chairman of the South African unit of IT group Dimension Data, told the India South Africa CEOs Forum.
"We're trying to put together a project that can bring these two undersea cables together," he said.
"If we can manage to do this, we will probably be the (operator of the) second biggest joint cable in the world, afterAT&T.”
Let us hope for the best. Well I just wish India and African business leaders can decide and act very quickly. Time is really the essence here. It will surely benefit both India and Africa.
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