Submarine cable incident record
Africa Coast To Europe Ace, West Africa Cable System Wacs — Confirmed — 2023-08-06
Vodacom and Bayobab reporting expanded the known 6 August cable damage to WACS, SAT-3, ACE and an unnamed Angolan domestic system.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Africa Coast To Europe Ace, West Africa Cable System Wacs
- Affected countries
- South Africa
- Region
- West Africa
- Network state
- Network signal stale
- Physical state
- Physical fault confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.
Original supporting evidence
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.