Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

Submarine Cable Workshop 2

Loïc LE FUR, COO

AXIOM

EMEA Market Overview

Loïc LE FUR

COO

AXIOM

Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

Submarine Cable Workshop 2

Loïc LE FUR, COO

AXIOM

EMEA: Intra-Europe

• Low construction market as continent already equipped

• New built mainly drivenby OTT needs– C-lion completed

early 2016

– As Ireland becomesan entry point forAtlantic cables, potential need for Ireland to continental Europe / Othertransatlantics

• PiPiper

• IFC-1

Helsinki

Hanko

Rostock

C-Lion

Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

Submarine Cable Workshop 2

Loïc LE FUR, COO

AXIOM

EMEA: Mediterranean Sea

• Largely served by

Asia-Europe

highways

• Specific projects for

southern countries

that have not been

hooked by SMW’s

and alike

– Orval

(Algeria-Spain)

– Libya to Europe

– Syria ?

• But security issues

Oran

Valencia

Marseilles Toulon

Bari

Chania

ZafaranaAbu Talat

Catania

Marmaris

Orant

ORVAL

AAE-1

SeaMeWe 5

Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

Submarine Cable Workshop 2

Loïc LE FUR, COO

AXIOM

EMEA : West Africa

Sesimbra

Acc

ra

Chipiona

Lag

os

Cape

Town

Co

ton

ou

Douala

Cape

Verde

ACEWACS

Penmarc'h

Bata

Lom

é

Brean

SwakopMund

Luanda

Banjul

Nouakchott

Casablanca

Dakar

Ab

idja

n

Kribi

PointeNoire

São

Tomé

Libreville

Muanda

Monrovia

Conakry

Freetown

Bude

GLO-1Main One

SAT-3/WASC

Seixal

Trans-continental cables

West Africa – Europe has recently been a very active route with 4 systems built in the last decade and serving most of the coastal countries:• WACS

• ACE

• Main One

• GLO-1

Route is still very active: • ACE south extension

• WACS and ACE recently upgraded

• SAT-3/WASC (>15 years) also being upgrade

No new Europe-Africa projects expected in 2017 as available bandwidth and connectivity is satisfactory.

A new route in development : Africa – South America

• Angola – Brazil

• Cameroun – Brazil

• Eulalink

Regional cables

• Cameroun-Nigeria

Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

Submarine Cable Workshop 2

Loïc LE FUR, COO

AXIOM

EMEA : West Africa

Trans-continental cables

West Africa – Europe has recently been a very active route with 4 systems built in the last decade and serving most of the coastal countries:• WACS

• ACE

• Main One

• GLO-1

Route is still very active: • ACE south extension

• WACS and ACE recently upgraded

• SAT-3/WASC (>15 years) also being upgrade

No new Europe-Africa projects expected in 2017 as available bandwidth and connectivity is satisfactory.

A new route in development : Africa – South America

• Angola – Brazil

• Cameroun – Brazil

• Eulalink

Regional cables

• Cameroun-Nigeria

Sesimbra

Acc

ra

Chipiona

Lag

os

Cape

Town

Co

ton

ou

Douala

Cape

Verde

ACEWACS

Penmarc'h

Bata

Lom

é

Brean

SwakopMund

Luanda

Banjul

Nouakchott

Casablanca

Dakar

Ab

idja

n

Kribi

PointeNoire

São

Tomé

Libreville

Muanda

Monrovia

Conakry

Freetown

Bude

GLO-1Main One

SAT-3/WASC

Seixal

Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

Submarine Cable Workshop 2

Loïc LE FUR, COO

AXIOM

EMEA : East Africa

Transcontinental cables

East Africa international route has been developed from scratch over 2008-2010 (EASSy, SEACOM, Teams) and has been largely upgraded since, but no recentconstruction

Many new South-North projects announced along the east coast of Africa• DARE (consortium) signed in June (yet to come in Force)

• Mercury (lead by Vodafone)

• Liquid Sea (Liquid Telecom)

• Africa-1 (TSA, PCCW, STC)

• O2C (Private)

Probably only one or two only will materialize as demand in this developping region is limited.

On another route, AWE (Djibouti to Perth) has not been active

Regional cables

• G2A is still in critical situation with the financial difficulties of its supplier (Xtera)

• Several initiatives, such as IOX, involving Indian Ocean islands, especially Mauritius

Zafarana

Dar Es Salaam

Fujairah

Jeddah

Karachi

Maputo

Mocha

Mtunzini

Mumbai

Mauritius

Port Sudan

Antsiranana

Mombasa

Djibouti

Quseer

Aqaba

Ma

yo

tte

Co

mo

ros

Re

un

ion

Seychelles

Oman

Socotra

BosasoBerbera

Mogadishu

DAREMercuryLiquid SeaAfrica-1O2C

Toliary

Rodrigues

IOX

Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

Submarine Cable Workshop 2

Loïc LE FUR, COO

AXIOM

EMEA : East Africa

Transcontinental cables

East Africa international route has been developed from scratch over 2008-2010 (EASSy, SEACOM, Teams) and has been largely upgraded since, but no recentconstruction

Many new South-North projects announced along the east coast of Africa• DARE (consortium) signed in June (yet to come in Force)

• Mercury (lead by Vodafone)

• Liquid Sea (Liquid Telecom)

• Africa-1 (TSA, PCCW, STC)

• O2C (Private)

Probably only one or two only will materialize as demand in this developping region is limited.

On another route, AWE (Djibouti to Perth) has not been active

Regional cables

• G2A is still in critical situation with the financial difficulties of its supplier (Xtera)

• Several initiatives, such as IOX, involving Indian Ocean islands, especially Mauritius

Zafarana

Dar Es Salaam

Fujairah

Jeddah

Karachi

Maputo

Mocha

Mtunzini

Mumbai

Mauritius

Port Sudan

Antsiranana

Mombasa

Djibouti

Quseer

Aqaba

Ma

yo

tte

Co

mo

ros

Re

un

ion

Seychelles

Oman

Socotra

BosasoBerbera

Mogadishu

DAREMercury

Liquid SeaAfrica-1

O2C

Toliary

Rodrigues IOX

Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

Submarine Cable Workshop 2

Loïc LE FUR, COO

AXIOM

EMEA : Middle-East

Transcontinental cables

• SMW5 completed

• AAE-1 soon completed

These two cables have flooded the market with capacity resulting in significant price decrease

No other projects expected on this route in the short term

Regional cables

• None

Zafarana

Karachi

Fujairah

Barka

Djibouti

Al Hudaydah

Yanbu

Abu Talat

Jeddah

Aden

Mumbai

Al Bustan

Doha

AAE-1

SeaMeWe 5

Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017

Submarine Cable Workshop 2

Loïc LE FUR, COO

AXIOM

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