Metiss submarine cable (Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System) entered service on March 5. A length of 3,200 kilometers, He connects Mauritius, Reunion and Madagascar (Fort-Dauphin) in the South African coasts, In terms of Durban. Created in July 2016 for the specific needs of this new cable, The Metiss consortium brings together six operators from the southern Indian Ocean area : Emtel and CEB Fibernet in Mauritius, Canal+, SRR and Zeop in Reunion, Telma to Madagascar. The latter brought nearly 50 million euros to finance the fiber optic cable project. Five years were necessary to conduct studies, Choose technical partners, Recognize the seabed and make the cable, which was deployed from March 2020. The finalization of landing agreements in South Africa and the training of operating teams within each territory preceded its commissioning. "Designed to offer a capacity of 24 terabits per second, 24 times more than the last system deployed in 2010 in the region, This new generation cable brings to the islands that it serves more security in the event of underwater links, but also a much faster internet transit time, offering a direct route to Google servers, Microsoft, Facebook and other content providers based in South Africa ”, underlines the consortium.
