The Main One Cable is a submarine communications cable stretching from Portugal to South Africa with landings along the route in various west African countries. On April 28, 2008, it was announced that Main Street Technologies has awarded a turnkey supply contract for the Main One Cable System to Tyco Telecommunications.
The cable system spans 14,000 km and provides additional capacity for international and Internet connectivity to countries between Portugal and South Africa on the west coast of Africa. The submarine cable project was designed in two phases, both of which were scheduled for completion in May 2010. The dual fiber pair, 1.28-Tbit/s, DWDM project connects Nigeria, Ghana, and Portugal in Phase 1 with onward connectivity through Portugal to Europe, Asia and the Americas. The Phase 1 cable system spans 6,900 kilometres. Additional connectivity extending to Angola and South Africa occurred in the second phase of the project.
Main One provides international capacity into a region that has experienced explosive growth in tele-density in recent years, but which remains constrained with respect to access to international cable capacity for global connectivity. The system is being developed by Main Street Technologies headquartered in Lagos. An October 10, 2008 press release states that the desk top study and engineering for the system has been completed. On July 22, 2010, the cable was launched. MainOne also owns a data centre subsidiary, MDXi which builds and operates Tier III data centres across West Africa.
Project management and engineering for the cable system has been contracted to specialist undersea consulting firm, Pioneer Consulting.[1]
The Chief Executive Officer of Main One is Funke Opeke.
The Main One Cable is an undersea cable system stretching from Portugal to South Africa with landings along the route in various west African countries.
Landing pointsedit
The Main One cable system has the following landing points in operation in July 2010:[2]
Main One provides international capacity into a region that has experienced explosive growth in tele-density in recent years, but which remains constrained with respect to access to international cable capacity for global connectivity.
The Main One Cable system provides open access to regional telecom operators and Internet service providers at rates that are less than 20% of current international bandwidth prices in the region available via SAT3 or satellite service providers, according to the project's organizers. Main Street says it will encourage local content development via skills transfer of critical networking technologies and job creation with the location of the network operational center (NOC) for the entire system in Nigeria.[3]
Ownershipedit
The cable is privately owned by Main Street Technologies, international investors like the Africa Finance Corporation and the Pan-African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) and a couple of Nigerian banks.
Acquisitionedit
Equinix announced they will be acquiring Mainone for an enterprise value of $320m, the deal is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022.
Construction time-lineedit
On April 28, 2008, it was announced that Main Street Technologies had awarded a turnkey supply contract for the Main One Cable System to Tyco Telecommunications.[4] An October 10, 2008 press release states that the desk top study and engineering for the system had been completed.[5] On July 1, 2010, press release states that Main One had been completed and commissioned.[6] The cable went live on July 22, 2010.[7]
"Press Release, Tyco awarded Main One cable contract, April 28, 2008"
"Press Release, Main One Cable System progressing on schedule, October 10, 2008"
"Nigerian Muse, Competition rocks bandwidth costs via gateways, submarine cable"
"Pioneer Consulting awarded MainOne contract", Ghana Business News"
April 14, 2024
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branchDesign capacity1280 Gbit sCurrently lit capacityn aTechnologyFiber opticsDate of first useJuly 22 2010 13 years ago July 22 2010 The cable system spans 14 000 km and provides additional capacity for international and Internet connectivity to countries between Portugal and South Africa on the west coast of Africa The submarine cable project was designed in two phases both of which were scheduled for completion in May 2010 The dual fiber pair 1 28 Tbit s DWDM project connects Nigeria Ghana and Portugal in Phase 1 with onward connectivity through Portugal to Europe Asia and the Americas The Phase 1 cable system spans 6 900 kilometres Additional connectivity extending to Angola and South Africa occurred in the second phase of the project Main One provides international capacity into a region that has experienced explosive growth in tele density in recent years but which remains constrained with respect to access to international cable capacity for global connectivity The system is being developed by Main Street Technologies headquartered in Lagos An October 10 2008 press release states that the desk top study and engineering for the system has been completed On July 22 2010 the cable was launched MainOne also owns a data centre subsidiary MDXi which builds and operates Tier III data centres across West Africa Project management and engineering for the cable system has been contracted to specialist undersea consulting firm Pioneer Consulting 1 The Chief Executive Officer of Main One is Funke Opeke Contents 1 Path 2 Landing points 3 Impact 4 Ownership 5 Acquisition 6 Construction time line 7 See also 8 Footnotes 9 SourcesPath edit nbsp Main One phase 1The Main One Cable is an undersea cable system stretching from Portugal to South Africa with landings along the route in various west African countries Landing points editThe Main One cable system has the following landing points in operation in July 2010 2 Seixal Portugal Accra Ghana Lagos Lagos State Nigeriaplanned landing points for phase 2 are Casablanca Morocco Tenerife Canary Islands Dakar Senegal Abidjan Cote d Ivoire Bonny Nigeria Libreville Gabon Boma Democratic Republic of the Congo Luanda Angola Cape Town South Africa Swakopmund NamibiaImpact editMain One provides international capacity into a region that has experienced explosive growth in tele density in recent years but which remains constrained with respect to access to international cable capacity for global connectivity The Main One Cable system provides open access to regional telecom operators and Internet service providers at rates that are less than 20 of current international bandwidth prices in the region available via SAT3 or satellite service providers according to the project s organizers Main Street says it will encourage local content development via skills transfer of critical networking technologies and job creation with the location of the network operational center NOC for the entire system in Nigeria 3 Ownership editThe cable is privately owned by Main Street Technologies international investors like the Africa Finance Corporation and the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund PAIDF and a couple of Nigerian banks Acquisition editEquinix announced they will be acquiring Mainone for an enterprise value of 320m the deal is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022 Construction time line editOn April 28 2008 it was announced that Main Street Technologies had awarded a turnkey supply contract for the Main One Cable System to Tyco Telecommunications 4 An October 10 2008 press release states that the desk top study and engineering for the system had been completed 5 On July 1 2010 press release states that Main One had been completed and commissioned 6 The cable went live on July 22 2010 7 See also editList of international submarine communications cablesIndividual cable systems off the west coast of Africa include ACE ATLANTIS 2 GLO 1 SAT 2 SAT 3 WASC WACSFootnotes edit Pioneer Consulting awarded MainOne contract Ghana Business News MainOne cable company Project Room Archived 2010 09 24 at the Wayback Machine Home mainonecable com http lw pennnet com display article 327046 13 ARCHI none NNEWS 1 Tyco awarded Main One cable contract http lw pennnet com display article 342314 13 ARTCL none none 1 Main One Cable System progressing on schedule Untitled Document Archived from the original on 2010 09 25 Retrieved 2010 07 05 allAfrica com Nigeria MainOne Fibre Optic Cable Launched Archived from the original on 2010 07 25 Sources edit Main One Web Site Press Release Tyco awarded Main One cable contract April 28 2008 Press Release Main One Cable System progressing on schedule October 10 2008 Main One Work begins on N5 4b sub marine optical fibre cable Saturday February 09 2008 Nigerian Muse Competition rocks bandwidth costs via gateways submarine cable Pioneer Consulting awarded MainOne contract Ghana Business News Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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