Main One

MAIN One is a private cable system currently under construction; owned by Main Street Technologies: "led by Ms. Funke Opeke, who worked as an executive at Verizon, as the chief technology officer at MTN, and as chief operating officer of Nitel from late-2006 to early-2007".

• Branched system from Portugal to Angola
• Contractors/Suppliers : Tyco; contract awarded on April 2008
• CAPEX: USD 300 mn
• RfS: May 2010
• Length : 12,900 km
  

• Reportedly considering an extension to South Africa, but company representatives said that they were “a little disappointed with the South African Government’s attitude” toward foreign operators.
• The Phase 1 cable system will span 6,900 km and provide the much needed high capacity for international and internet connectivity to countries between Portugal and the West coast of Africa
• The submarine cable project is designed in two phases, with the second phase extending connectivity another 6,000 km to South Africa
• The dual fiber pair, 1.28 Terabits per second, Dense Wave Division Multiplex project will connect Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal in the first phase with onward connectivity through Portugal to Europe, Asia and the Americas; and extends to Angola and South Africa in the second phase
• The Main One Cable system will provide open access to regional telecom operators and Internet Service Providers at competitive rates that are less than 20% of current SAT-3 or Satellite international bandwidth prices in the region
  

Source/Courtesy Terabit/Main Street Tech.