WCA July 2012

Industry news

Fourth cable goes live in Kenya New joint venture

Tata Power and South Africa’s Exxaro Resources have launched a 50:50 joint venture – Cennergi (Pty) Ltd – to focus on developing electricity generation projects in the expanding energy markets of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Cennergi marks a major overseas foray for Tata Power, India’s largest private power generator. South Africa-based Cennergi will focus on investigation of feasibility, development, ownership, operation, maintenance, acquisition and management of generation projects. Tata Power – India Website : www.tatapower.com Exxaro – South Africa Website : www.exxaro.com

country’s positioning as a regional communication hub. Mickael Ghossein, said the cable will currently offer a maximum capacity of 1.28 Tbps, and in future, this capacity can be increased without additional submarine work. Investment in the new cable began in the fourth quarter of 2010, with key shareholders being France Telecom-Orange, Telkom Kenya, Mauritius Telecom and Orange Madagascar, as well as carrier companies Emtel Ltd and Société Réunionnaise du Radiotéléphone. Telkom Kenya’s CEO,

Kenya’s technology sector has received a boost with the entry of its fourth undersea fibre optic cable, the Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION2). Telkom Kenya announced that the submarine cable it has been laying through its parent firm, France Telecom, has gone live. LION2 submarine cable is a 2,700km long extension of the initial Lower Indian Ocean Network connecting Madagascar to the rest of the world. The cable extends from Mayotte, an island off the Indian Ocean Coast, to Nyali in Mombasa. It links East Africa to Madagascar, Mayotte and Réunion Island, providing an opportunity for increased international traffic through Kenya which further strengthens the information

Telkom Kenya – Kenya Website : www.telkom.co.ke

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