What is the specification of the EASSy cable?
Topology: 2 fibre pair (59 wavelengths per fibre) configured as a collapsed ring Total capacity: 4.72 Tbps Transmission: SDH Technology: Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) ^ BACK TO THE TOP 30. In which countries are the 9 landing stations of the EASSy cable? The 9 landing stations of the EASSy system are all along the east coast of Africa. The locations are; 1. Mtunzini – South Africa 2. Maputo – Mozambique 3. Toliary – Madagascar 4. Moroni – Grande Comore 5. Dar es Salaam– Tanzania 6. Mombasa – Kenya 7. Mogadishu – Somalia 8. Djibouti – Djibouti 9. Port Sudan – Sudan ^ BACK TO THE TOP 31. Where is the EASSy Network Operations Centre (NOC)? EASSy uses Telkom South Africa’s NOC, which is in South Africa. ^ BACK TO THE TOP 32. What happens if the EASSy submarine cable is cut? The EASSy consortium is making every effort to avoid such cable cuts by routing the cable to avoid danger areas (such as earthquake zones, areas of heavy shipping activity and abrasive sea beds), by bury
