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PEACE Cable
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| Cable type | Submarine Fibre-optic |
|---|---|
| Construction beginning | 22 October 2018[1] |
| Construction finished | 10 November 2022[2] |
| Design capacity | Up to 24 Tbit/s (per fiber pair) |
| Built by | Peace Cable International Network Co. Ltd. |
| Area served | Asia, Africa, Europe |
| Owner(s) | Peace Cable International Network Co. Ltd. |
| Website | www |
PEACE Cable, which stands for Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe, is a submarine cable project designed to facilitate data transmission between Asia, Europe, and Africa. It is owned by Peace Cable International, a subsidiary of Hengtong Group. The 15,000 km cable system is deployed along the seafloor of the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, with plans to extend the cable length to 25,000 km.[3][4][5] It is based on WSS ROADM technology with a design capacity of 24 Tbit/s per fiber pair.[6] The cable entered service and became fully operational in December 2022.[7]
The main trunk connects Pakistan, Kenya, Egypt, Singapore and France but there are also branches to the Maldives, Malta, Cyprus, the Seychelles, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia and Somalia.[3]
Landing points and operators
[edit]| Location | Operator & Technical Partner |
|---|---|
| Marseille, France | |
| Abu Talat, Egypt
Zafarana, Egypt |
|
| Mombasa, Kenya | |
| Victoria, Seychelles | |
| Haramous CLS, Djibouti | |
| Berbera, Somaliland | |
| Karachi, Pakistan | |
| Kulhudhuffushi, Maldives | |
| Tuas, Singapore |
Privately owned branches
[edit]| Location | Cable Name | Owner and Operator |
|---|---|---|
| Geroskipou, Cyprus | ARSINOE | |
| Mellieħa, Malta | LaValette | |
| Bizerte, Tunisia | IFRIQIYA | |
| Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | J2M (Jeddah to Marseille) |
Incidents
[edit]On 4 March 2025, the PEACE cable was reported to have been cut approximately 1,450 kilometers from Zafarana, Egypt impacting traffic to Marseille. It became the second cable concurrently affected by an outage in the Red Sea, alongside the AAE-1 cable which was cut 180 kilometers from Zafarana on 29 December 2024 and was pending full restoration amidst delays.[24]
The cause of the breakage was not disclosed, but in recent years, multiple cable cuts in the Red Sea have been attributed to abandoned ships drifting and damaging subsea infrastructure, reportedly due to Houthi-related maritime activity in Yemeni waters.[25]
Repairs were initially expected to take several months, likely due to a global cable ship capacity crunch that has delayed numerous projects. [26] Yet, the PEACE cable was restored on 26 March 2025, just three weeks after the outage began—a significantly shorter outage compared to other submarine cable interruptions in the Red Sea.[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "PEACE Cable Project Enters into Cable and Material Manufacturing Stage". www.submarinenetworks.com.
- ^ "PEACE Completes Final Splicing to Connect Kenya, Egypt, France and Pakistan". www.submarinenetworks.com.
- ^ a b "PEACE - Submarine Networks".
- ^ "Connecting Beijing's Global Infrastructure: The PEACE Cable in the Middle East and North Africa".
- ^ "China's 7,500-Mile Undersea Cable to Europe Fuels Internet Feud". Bloomberg. 5 March 2021.
- ^ "NetWork - Peace". www.peacecable.net. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "PEACE Cable System goes live - Submarine Networks". www.submarinenetworks.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ epp (2021-10-19). "Orange, PCCW Global and PEACE Cable International jointly announce the landing of PEACE submarine cable in Marseille". Newsroom Groupe Orange (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Telecom Egypt signs landing party agreement for PEACE cable system". ir.te.eg. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "PEACE – Telkom". Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Liquid brings additional subsea cable capacity in Kenya in partnership with PEACE Cable Company". Liquid Intelligent Technologies. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Landing of the PEACE submarine cable system in Seychelles – Second project". www.nation.sc (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Upcoming networks - Djibouti Telecom". international.djiboutitelecom.dj. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Connecting Beijing's Global Infrastructure: The PEACE Cable in the Middle East and North Africa". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ kcl@rk (2022-05-06). "Peace Cable Lands in Berbera, Somaliland". SubTel Forum. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ Report, Recorder (2019-04-18). "PEACE Cable, Cybernet Pakistan sign agreement". Brecorder. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Ooredoo Maldives and PEACE Cable to connect Maldives to PEACE Singapore". Capacity Media. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Tuas Cable Landing Station - Submarine Networks". www.submarinenetworks.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "HMN Tech on LinkedIn: 🎊 Exciting news! Today, PEACE Cable System achieved a major milestone…". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "The new ARSINOE subsea cable system comes into operation". CYTA. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "GO Launches Multi-Million Connectivity Project Linking Malta to France and Egypt". www.go.com.mt. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Ooredoo Tunisia connects to PEACE Cable". www.telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Zain Global Connect to link Jeddah to Marseille through J2M undersea cable". www.zain.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ a b "PEACE Cable Cut in the Red Sea, Repair to be Prolonged - Submarine Networks". www.submarinenetworks.com. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
- ^ O'Grady, Vaughan (2025-03-11). "PEACE cable cut could be a long-term problem". Developing Telecoms. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ^ Niva, Yadav (2025-03-10). "Peace subsea cable cut in the Red Sea, repair to take months". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 2025-03-17.