SAT-2

This article is about the submarine communications cable. For the human gene, see SAT2.

SAT-2 was a submarine communications cable linking Melkbosstrand, South Africa, to El Medano, Tenerife Island, Spain and Funchal, Madeira islands, Portugal. It was 9,500 kilometres long, contains 82 repeaters, operates at 560 Mbit/s and was in service from 1993 to January, 2013. It is the property of Telkom SA Ltd, Telefónica, Marconi, British Telecom, France Cables et Radio, and Deutsche Telekom.

See also

• List of international submarine communications cables

Individual cable systems off the west coast of Africa include:

• ACE
• ATLANTIS-2
• GLO-1
• Main One
• SAT-3/WASC
• WACS