DARE (cable system)

Djibouti Africa Regional Express (DARE)

Cable type	Submarine communications cable
Fate	planned
Design capacity	60 Tbit/s
Built by	TE SubCom[1]
Area served	East African coast

The DARE (Djibouti Africa Regional Express) submarine communications cable is a planned cable system along the east coast of Africa between Tanzania and Yemen managed by a consortium of 7 operators.

DARE1 consortium

Current members of the consortium are:

• Djibouti Telecom
• Somtel Group

Topology

The ACE system uses wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology, which is currently the most advanced for submarine cables. With WDM, cable capacity can be increased without additional submarine work. With an overall potential capacity of 5.12 Tbit/s, the system will support the 40 Gbit/s technology from its launch.

Landing points

The cable landing points are planned to be in the following countries and territories:[2]

• Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Mombasa, Kenya
• Mogadishu, Somalia
• Bossaso, Puntland
• Berbera, Somaliland
• Mocha, Yemen
• Socotra, Yemen
• Djibouti

See also

List of international submarine communications cables

Individual cable systems off the east coast of Africa include:

• TEAMS
• Seacom

References

1. "DARE cable operators award contract to TE SubCom". TelecomPaper. 2 June 2016.
2. "DJIBOUTI LAUNCHES REGIONAL SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEM". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-15.