SAT-3/WASC Submarine Cable

Specifications

Length	14,350 km
Status	In Service
Ready for Service	2002
Landing Points	12
Countries	11

Owners

AT&T Altice Portugal Angola Telecom BICS BT Camtel China Telecom Chunghwa Telecom Cogent Cyta Deutsche Telekom Ghana Telecommunications Company KPN KT Liquid Intelligent Technologies Maroc Telecom Mauritius Telecom NATCOM (Nigeria) OPT Orange Orange Cote d’Ivoire PCCW SBIN (La Société Béninoise d’Infrastructures Numériques) Singtel Sparkle Tata Communications Telecom Namibia Telekom Malaysia Telkom South Africa Telstra Telxius Verizon Vodafone

Landing Points (12)

Location	Country	Position
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	CI Côte d'Ivoire	5.3235°, -4.0262°
Accra, Ghana	GH Ghana	5.5583°, -0.2011°
Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain	ES Spain	27.9995°, -15.7000°
Cacuaco, Angola	AO Angola	-8.7767°, 13.3723°
Chipiona, Spain	ES Spain	36.7313°, -6.4289°
Cotonou, Benin	?? Benin	6.3566°, 2.4399°
Dakar, Senegal	SN Senegal	14.6866°, -17.4519°
Douala, Cameroon	CM Cameroon	4.0472°, 9.7063°
Lagos, Nigeria	NG Nigeria	6.4389°, 3.4232°
Libreville, Gabon	GA Gabon	0.3943°, 9.4544°
Melkbosstrand, South Africa	ZA South Africa	-33.7272°, 18.4458°
Sesimbra, Portugal	PT Portugal	38.4427°, -9.1028°

About the SAT-3/WASC Cable System

SAT-3/WASC is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting West Africa and Europe and Southern Africa, with 12 landing points across 11 countries including Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Accra, Ghana, Alta Vista, Canary Islands, Spain, Cacuaco, Angola and others. As a major intercontinental system spanning 11 nations, it serves as a critical artery for international data traffic between continents. GeoCables tracks this cable's health using RIPE Atlas probe measurements, comparing real-time RTT data against baselines to detect performance changes.

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