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Orange joins Telco OI-led consortium for ReuNION submarine cable linking La Reunion to South Africa

PUBT·09/02/2026 12:33:20
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Orange joins Telco OI-led consortium for ReuNION submarine cable linking La Reunion to South Africa
  • Orange joined a consortium with Telco OI, Réunicable, La Réunion Connectée to develop the ReuNION subsea cable for La Réunion.
  • Project targets a more direct international route to South Africa to cut latency, diversify routes, strengthen network resilience.
  • System planned with 16 fiber pairs, capacity of 20 Tbps per pair.
  • European Union co-financing cited via Connecting Europe Facility, with additional support under the FEDER regional development fund.
  • Orange to act as landing party; Orange Marine to deploy the cable; Alcatel Submarine Networks to design and manufacture the system.


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