Cameroon-Brazil Optic Fibre Link:

Camtel - 4000Km of Sub-Marine Cables Layed Already

Laying of the sub-marine cables is a complex process

Yaounde, 2 July 2018: The project to connect Cameroon and Brazil through sub-marine optic fibre cables is already coming to fruition with over 4000km of the estimated 6000km cables already layed. This puts Brazil at just 2000km away from the specialized CS-Recorder ship that is carrying the cables and the technicians and engineers in charge of laying them.

            The SAIL project conceived by Camtel, is supposed to link Kribi in Cameroon to Fortaleza in Brazil through sub-marine cables.

            For over a month now on the high seas, the engineers in charge of the project have been busy preparing, packaging and progressively laying the sub-marine cables. The cables comprise notably optic fibres, equalizers, as well as other branching units.

            According to information coming from the off-shore engineers, the project is advancing according to plane, with over 4000km of under-sea cables already layed. So far, no incidents have been recorded. Authorities of Camtel say this is because of the preliminary studies which had already determined and traced the 6000km path between Kribi in Cameroon and Fortaleza in Brazil.

            According to the GM of Camtel, David Nkoto Emane, “the technical and technological expertise mobilized for the execution of the SAIL project is such that will permit Cameroon to have a high performance infrastructure within a record time.”

            The manager of the SAIL project, Chinese Telecoms giant of world renown, HUAWEI MARINE NETWORKS, hopes to use the Cameroon-Brazil example to demonstrate to the world her time-tested expertise in the innovative domain.

            Meanwhile, the construction of the Landing Station (KCLS) for the SAIL cables, at Kribi, is advancing with a satisfactory rate.

            The SAIL project will provide a giant infrastructure of an installed capacity of 32 Tbps. It is conceived to ameliorate on the quality of broad-band services offered by Camtel and to ensure better internet connectivity between Africa and the wider world.  

            The SAIL project is expected to go operational by September 2018.