SEACOM Coverage 2024
SEACOM, a leading telecommunications provider in Africa, has significantly expanded its coverage and services in 2024. Operating in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda, SEACOM offers both fibre and wireless connectivity solutions to businesses and homes. citeturn0search3
In early 2024, SEACOM’s submarine cable in the Red Sea sustained damage, impacting internet connectivity in the region. The company promptly addressed the issue, restoring services by early Q3 2024. citeturn0search5
Celebrating its 15th anniversary in July 2024, SEACOM marked a milestone in transforming Africa’s digital landscape. Since launching the continent’s first high-capacity fibre cable in 2009, SEACOM has been instrumental in enhancing internet access and reliability across Africa. citeturn0search4
Demonstrating its commitment to innovation, SEACOM introduced a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite service in 2024, targeting enterprises seeking enhanced connectivity solutions.
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SEACOM Fibre Packages / SEACOM Internet Packages
To know what SEACOM fibre or internet packages are available in your country, visit the SEACOM website for your country.
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SEACOM Kenya Limited: SEACOM Fibre Prices
Seacom Kenya Internet prices are tailored to the specific needs of the business internet access is being provided to.
To get an idea of what it would cost you to get internet for your office through SEACOM Kenya, request a quote directly from them through the contact page on their website or by telephone on the following numbers +254-20-5133000 or +254-20-5133170.
SEACOM Fibre Coverage
In these countries, SEACOM provides access to the internet via its global high-speed data network for businesses and homes in the areas it operates in.
What is SEACOM?
SEACOM Ltd. is a telecommunications company focused on providing broadband data services and infrastructure in Africa. The company is best known for its undersea fiber-optic cable that connects Eastern and Southern Africa to global telecommunications networks. Launched in 2009, the SEACOM submarine cable runs from South Africa, along the eastern coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean, and through the Middle East, linking to Europe and Asia. This project significantly improved internet connectivity and bandwidth capacity for countries along its route, fostering economic growth and digital development in the region.
Internet@Sea.com
This is presumably an email address at Sea, a Singaporean company whose mission is to better the lives of consumers and small businesses with technology.
EASSy
The East African Submarine System (EASSy) is an undersea fiber optic cable system that connects countries in East Africa to the rest of the world.
The cable system was designed to enhance international connectivity, improve internet access, and foster economic development in the region.
Here are some key points about EASSy:
- Ownership and Consortium:
EASSy is a consortium project, and it involves multiple telecommunications operators and service providers. The consortium was formed to pool resources and expertise for the construction and maintenance of the submarine cable. - Route and Landing Points:
The EASSy cable system runs along the eastern coast of Africa, connecting several countries. It has landing points in various locations, including South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Sudan, and Egypt. This extensive network allows these countries to have direct and reliable connectivity to the global telecommunications infrastructure. - Capacity and Technology:
EASSy was designed to provide high-capacity connectivity to meet the growing demand for internet and data services in the region. The use of fiber optic technology enables the transmission of large volumes of data at high speeds. - Role in Regional Development:
The presence of a robust submarine cable system like EASSy is crucial for the socio-economic development of the connected countries. It facilitates improved communication, enhances access to information, supports e-commerce, and encourages the growth of various industries. - Deployment and Upgrades:
The EASSy cable system was deployed in phases, with the first phase going live in 2010. Like many submarine cable systems, EASSy has undergone upgrades to increase its capacity and improve performance over time. - Collaboration with Other Cable Systems:
EASSy is part of a broader network of submarine cable systems that collectively contribute to the global internet infrastructure. Interconnections with other undersea cables enable redundancy and diverse routing options, ensuring greater reliability. - Economic Impact:
The enhanced connectivity provided by EASSy contributes to the economic development of the region by attracting investments, fostering innovation, and improving competitiveness on the global stage.
Submarine cable systems like EASSy play a vital role in enabling global communication and connectivity, and they are critical components of the modern telecommunications infrastructure.
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Some would be embarrassed to admit it, but I am going to give it to you straight up. I don’t watch, listen to, or read the news.
It’s not that I like to be out of the loop; rather, this is a defense mechanism that I developed after first being exposed to the gruesome, horrific, doomsday nature of news in Kenya.
After spending many troubled nights feeling like the world was a horrible place, nights on which coincidentally I had watched the evening news, I put two-and-two together and decided to forgo having my finger on the pulse of current events, in favor of being a calmer, happier, more positive Nairobi resident.
How do I keep abreast of what’s going on in the world, you might ask?
My response to you would be: if something is really important and worth knowing about, then people will be talking (and blogging) about it. Eventually, I’ll find out somehow.
Take, for instance, the advent of the SEACOM cable to East Africa.
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Believe you me, the Internet is revolutionised in Nairobi. There was a time you would sit down to download things for hours and hours nut last night I was trying to purchase stuff online and my word, the difference was phenomenal. Even my Mum remarked on the speeds!! And she knows nothing about Internet.
I haven’t watched news for a long time either, I think there’s nothing more depressing than hearing the wrong kinds of things about your country day in and day out. I just can’t take it anymore, like you I know somebody’s gonna blog about it.
Lol, Mama. The life of a blogger! I see I am not the only one who depends on blogs to see what is going on. 🙂
I have been wondering about this cable that has failed to worm it’s way into UG… i must say like you am looking for a faster inexpensive way to surf and be on the net (prefferably at no cost yeah u know me!!!) So i can’t say i have felt the effect. I noticed u said the countries along the sealine. what does that mean for we the landlocked? as usual tho UG is on about how expensive it is to lay the fibreoptic and how the costs myust be inflated… trully this is all still a mystrery… i only know that different groups of people dig up the roads and such like all over Kampala.. could this be it? so u can tell i know nothing and have been barely affected!
Jurie, from what I hear, the cable has already wormed its way to UG. I’ve read on many Ugandan blogs over the past couple of months about how much faster Internet is in Kampala. Who is your current service provider? (If you want to know more, I suggest you talk to our techie Uncle. You know how he knows everything about such things! :-))
I use BOL in dar es salaam, and the fibre optic has made very little difference to my speed. It is still too slow to use skype and other good applications.
In fact, I’ve been looking for a new internet provider, and was wondering if you could tell me just how fast the TTCL unlimited service you get is?
Hi BongoBoi,
Welcome to ChickAboutTown! I apologize for how long it’s taken me to respond to your comment.I cannot quantify the current speed of my TTCL unlimited broadband, but allow me to say that it’s frustratingly slow, especially if I am not multi-tab browsing. (If I am multitab browsing, t’s fine for the most part). I don’t Skype, but to use the common example of YouTube videos, I have to wait for a video to load fully before I attempt to watch it, because otherwise it plays too slow to make sense. If you are interested in an extremely fast connection, how about trying one of TTCL’s limited packages?
I look forward to hearing what you settle on if you finally decide to change providers.
Biche