Africa: Telecom Namibia inaugurates cable landing station in Swakopmund

Telecom Namibia has inaugurated its cable landing station in Swakopmund, Namibia, activating its capacity on Google’s Equiano subsea cable which connects Namibia to Europe via Portugal and to the rest of Africa, via Cape Town and Johannesburg.  The cable will help to build resilience in light of recent cable outages, impacting the nation. 
 

Dr. Stanley Shanapinda, CEO of Telecom Namibia, said: “We implemented a 100G link via Equiano between Swakopmund and Johannesburg. The link has alleviated congestion on terrestrial routes and reduced latency to South Africa, ensuring the highest quality of service for our customers. This enhanced the performance of the TN network and provided faster, more reliable connectivity for users.”

 Telecom Namibia is part of both the SAT-3 and WACS cable consortiums, but only the WACS cable has a landing station in Namibia. The landing station for the Equiano cable, a joint project between Telecom Namibia and Paratus Group, went live in June 2023.