Record #00507Technology archive
The 2Africa subsea communications system connects Africa, Europe and Asia. Its consortium announced approximately 45,000 km including the Pearls extension; the core was completed in November 2025, but the full proposed length was not necessarily operational.
Current Record
about45,000km
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An international consortium including Meta, Orange and Vodafone developed the cable, connecting landing points across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia to expand bandwidth and route diversity.
Meta announced core infrastructure completion in November 2025 and scheduled the Pearls extension for service in 2026. The 45,000 km figure is the total announced system with extensions, not proof that every kilometre was lit and operational at that time.
Credible sources support core facts; the comparison scope or corroboration remains incomplete.
Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
Meta's 17 November 2025 announcement reports completion of the 2Africa core and 45,000 km for the announced complete system with Pearls originally scheduled for 2026. The actual latest commissioning status of every extension has not been independently verified, so developing is retained and no 45,000 km fully operational claim is made.
The 45,000 km includes announced extensions rather than verified operating kilometres. Cable-network comparisons can vary by treatment of main rings, spurs and future branches.
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