Seacom has stated that an outage on the WACS cable system is affecting its network platform. “Seacom is aware that due to issues on the WACS cable system on Africa’s west coast, many African ISPs and ...

Millions of MTN subscribers across the continent are inching closer to receiving a broadband windfall following the successful landing of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) cable off the west coast ...

The West Africa Cable System (WACS) has been repaired after it was damaged in a suspected undersea landslide that impacted four cables off the West coast of Africa earlier this year. First reported by ...

The breaking of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) submarine cable has resulted in the Seacom cable system carrying a large amount of South Africa’s international Internet traffic. So said Byron ...

MTN Nigeria, last week, entered the submarine cable competition going on in Nigeria today, joining ten other countries of the world in an agreement that would usher in West African Cable Systems, WACS ...

The West Africa Cable System (WACS) was launched today (11 May 2012), increasing South Africa’s international bandwidth capacity by 5.12Tbps and providing the country with another submarine cable ...

The West Africa Cable System (WACS), the latest in a new generation of high-capacity submarine communications cables linking Africa to the rest of the world, is set to land at its final destination in ...

A cable vessel is on its way to fix the broken West Africa Cable System (WACS) submarine cable that is causing slow Internet speeds in SA. This is according to the latest reports from the RENAlerts ...

After a 14 000 kilometer journey down the West Coast of Africa, the small town of Yserfontein marks the South African landing site for the West Africa Cable System (WACS). This multi-million dollar ...

The 5.12Tbps West Africa Cable System (WACS) was launched on 11 May 2012, raising questions about a potential international bandwidth price war as well as the impact on other cable systems like SEACOM ...

The undersea cable network in South Africa serves as an indispensable digital lifeline, connecting the country to the global digital community. Every day, these cables process terabytes of data, ...

It may be more than a week until South Africans can enjoy full-speed internet again through WACS, this according to the South African National Research and Education Network. Also known as SANREN, the ...