The NCSCS is Cameroon’s first fully Govt. funded submarine cable
Sep 01, 2015
Huawei Marine Networks Co. Ltd. (Huawei Marine), a global submarine network provider, announced that it has completed marine installation of the Nigeria-Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCS) and achieved a major step towards system ready for service in Q4 2015.
The NCSCS is Cameroon’s first submarine cable with all investment provided solely by the Cameroon Government. Spanning approximately 1,100 km, marine installation of the NCSCS system began in mid-June, 2015, to provide a direct link between Kribi in Cameroon with Lagos in Nigeria. The system also incorporates branching units for future connection to Escravos and Qua Iboe in Nigeria’s Southeast region.
Delivering 12.8 Tbps of capacity to broadband users in both countries, the NCSCS system utilizes the world’s first titanium-cased six-fiber pair erbium-doped fiber amplifier developed by Huawei Marine. This innovative product, the result of many years of development and qualification brings the substantial advantage of being not only smaller but 40% lighter than any other erbium-doped fiber amplifier; which supports enhanced burial capability through simultaneous lay and burial beneath the seabed to reduce both marine installation costs and associated system risks.
