China’s internet cable to Europe and Africa

Chinese companies are building a 12,000km undersea internet cable – known as Peace* – which will travel over land from China to Pakistan, before crossing the sea floor to connect Europe and East Africa


Peace cable phase 1 
Phase 2 (planned) 
Landing station

1,000km 625 miles

FRANCE
Mediterranean Sea
EGYPT 
DJIBOUTI
SOMALIA 
KENYA
ATLANTIC OCEAN
SOUTH AFRICA
PAKISTAN
Arabian Sea
SEYCHELLES
INDIAN OCEAN
China-Pakistan cable
CHINA


Peace cable aims to make service faster for Chinese companies doing business in Europe and Africa

Will transport enough data in one second for 90,000 hours of Netflix

Huawei Technologies, company at centre of power struggle between U.S. and China, is third-largest shareholder in Hengtong Optic-Electric – company building cable. Huawei is also making equipment for cable landing stations and its underwater transmission gear


*Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe


Sources: Bloomberg, Peace Cable International Network 
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