TEAMS (cable system)

Schematic representation of submarine cable TEAMS in light green

20 % Government of Kenya 20% of Safaricom Ltd 20% of Telkom Kenya Ltd. 10% of Kenya Data Networks Ltd 10% of Econet / Essar Telecom Ltd.

2 Mombasa, Kenya

TEAMS ( The East African Marine System ) is a submarine cable, which was driven by the Kenyan government in response to the South African under aegis standing, competing EASSy cable. 15% of the shares belong to Etisalat, a state-owned company in the United Arab Emirates, 85 % various Kenyan companies ( of which 20 % of the Government of Kenya, 20% of Safaricom Ltd, 20% of Telkom Kenya Ltd., 10% of Kenya Data Networks Ltd, 10% of Econet / Essar Telecom Ltd, 5% Wananchi Group, 3.75 % Jamii Telecom Ltd, 6.25 % residual ).

Infrastructure

TEAMS connects at 4900 km length Kenya with the United Arab Emirates. The transmission capacity of 120 Gb / s, the / s expandable to 1.2 TB.

History

From 5 mitbietenden company in 2007, Alcatel-Lucent was to lay the cable on October 11, the contract for $ 82 million. 1.5 years after construction began in Fujairah Mombasa was reached on 12 June 2009 and commissioned the cable solemnly by the Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki in operation.

On February 25, 2012 the cable from the Kenyan port of Mombasa was damaged by a ankerndes ship. The loss was severe, as even served on the said date TEAMS as a substitute for the time also damaged EASSy. On 27 April 2012, the TEAMS cable was accidentally interrupted again, just 35 days after the previous problem has been corrected.