Africa: Tata to bring IP services to East Africa via SEACOM undersea cable

Tata Communications has earned the right to serve as anchor tenant on an undersea fiber-optic cable that’s 9,320 miles long and is poised to connect much of the east African coast. Partly funded by nations along the coast (the cable itself is about three-quarters African-owned), the Sea Cable System, or “SEACOM (News - Alert),” is worth about $650 million.