More undersea cable and satellite capacity should become available from Telkom and other sources following the conclusion of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, lessening the dependence on the broken Seacom cable.
Frost & Sullivan senior research analyst Vitalis Ozianyi says that, with the Soccer World Cup coming to an end, Telkom's commitment to carry broadcasters' signals over its SAT-3 and SA Far East cables has diminished and so more bandwidth is available.
“Until yesterday [Sunday's final], companies had to stand in line due to the broadcasters' demands, but now a lot of the bandwidth has become available,” he says.
Ozianyi also says Seacom's new date for repairing its cable, 22 July, appears to be far more realistic considering the engineering task that has to be undertaken.
At the weekend, Seacom said it would have the cable repaired by 22 July, and that it has continued to work closely with its partners to deploy the best plan possible for the repair operations.
“As communicated earlier, the exogenous factors such as location, water depth, weather and spare parts needed make this cable outage very difficult to repair, and a highly-specialised vessel and technical crew is being used to carry out this work,” reads Seacom's statement.
Seacom says the deployment of restored capacity via other cable systems has progressed very well, and it is pleased with the positive support received from clients and suppliers alike.
“In addition to the alternative capacity already in place, Seacom will also continue to source and activate additional capacity to meet customer requirements for the duration of the repairs,” the statement says.
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