2023-08-04 06:09:27
They are silent highways, lurking in the depths of seas and oceans. Their passengers are photons. Hundreds of billions use them every second. Loaded with bits, they travel between continents to pick up and drop off their data cargo. Last November, the longest of them was connected to Marseille.
Leaving India, 6 cable ships unrolled their reels of optical fibers in the depths of the Arabian Sea, then the Red Sea to reach the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal following a journey of 2,200 days. . When it circles the African continent in 2024, this 32-lane digital highway, dubbed “2Africa”, will connect 33 countries at the speed of light.
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