Subsea Cable News - SMW6, Mist, 2Africa
Mist delayed due to hard rock at Indian CLS. Construction teams find the rock between the CLS and the beach manhole is too hard for directional drilling. A new path around the rock is required. SMW6 will only go live in 2026. APG down 12 months since start of 2023. Cursed cable. 2Africa struggling due to delays in the Northeastern Africa quadrant. Bifrost behind schedule. Ground breaking on the Jakarta CLS was just in June and just a few days ago for the second CLS. Figure late 2025. Peace cable is cheap in part because 40% of potential customers will not use it because Chinese companies built and equipped it. . Equiano 10G prices are relatively high because many carriers only offering 100G. There is a dearth of 10G providers. Anjana and Firmina on schedule because neither cable is a consortium. Consortiums are too slow and make mediocre decisions. Bay of Bengal Gateway capacity is low and prices rising. 2Africa 100G prices between Mombasa and South Africa are sky high in the $