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Senegal commissioning of 12-core figure-eight optical cable
The freshest signal is Sonatel's commissioning of the 2Africa submarine cable in December 2025, a 45,000 km system rated at 180 Tbps that is Senegal's fifth international landing and forces a matching domestic fibre build-out. 5 international cable systems come ashore here, and together they reach 44 other countries across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia. Few landing points on any continent connect directly to as many. Dakar. Senegal is currently served by four submarine fiber optic cables, namely SAT-3, ACE, ATLANTIS-2 and SHARE. 31%, according to the latest official statistics. Browse all 705 submarine cables alphabetically. The Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable spans 17,000 km along the west coast of Africa, connecting 19 countries including France, Portugal, the Canary Islands (Spain), Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea.
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