Twenty thousand leagues under the sea

This week was a big one for the subsea cable industry, as the long awaited South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) landed in the city of Fotaleza, Brazil. Construction of the system began in Luganda, Angola, back in December 2017. The four, 100Gbps fibre pair cable system will provide 40Tbps in much needed, trans-Atlantic capacity. In the run up to the Submarine Networks Europe event in London next week, this week's Friday review will look back at the key events from the subsea sector over