wiredInUSA December 2017

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Three routes, one aim

interconnecting South Africa, Mauritius and India. IOX has begun work for the cable route survey and, once completed, will provide a direct route between South Africa and India via Mauritius. Seaborn’s SABR and the IOX system will interconnect in South Africa. The Seabras-1 + SABR + IOX system route will be available exclusively through Seaborn and IOX. “We are extremely pleased to work with IOX to provide this unique and highly secure route,” said Larry Schwartz, chairman and CEO of Seaborn. “This alliance will reshape the global communications landscape for the southern hemisphere.”

Seaborn Networks and IOX Cable Ltd have entered into a joint provisioning agreement to supply the first next-generation subsea fiber optic route between the US and India, interconnecting in South Africa and Brazil. The path, connecting the US with three BRICS countries and Mauritius, is expected to provide the most secure and reliable route between these markets by using fewer diversions than existing routes. Seaborn is the developer-owner-operator of Seabras-1, as well as ARBR, to be built between Brazil and Argentina; and SABR, a new subsea system between Cape Town, South Africa and Seabras-1.

IOX is the developer of the IOX cable system, the first next-generation subsea network

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