SEACOM lands its own cable at the Swahili Cultural Centre on Mvita Road in Mombasa's Old Town, and sells colocation inside the station under defined service levels - unusual for a landing station, most of which house only the operator's own terminal equipment. Thirty-one networks take service in the building, which makes it the densest interconnection point on the Kenyan coast; Telkom Kenya's Telephone House, the only other candidate in the city, carries nine. There is no exchange fabric on the floor, so KIXP is reached over transit or private circuits. The SEACOM system itself went into service on 23 July 2009: 17,000 km of SubCom-built fibre linking South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Djibouti, France and India, lifted to 1.5 Tbps in 2018. Six further cables reach Mombasa, among them 2Africa, EASSy, DARE1, PEACE and TEAMS, but they come ashore at other stations.
Which cable lands at SEACOM's own Mombasa station?
The SEACOM/Tata TGN-Eurasia system. The other six cables that reach Mombasa come ashore at different stations in the city.
How well connected is the Mombasa landing station?
Thirty-one networks take service there, against nine at Telkom Kenya's Telephone House. There is no exchange fabric on site, so peering is arranged privately or over transit.
What can be bought inside a SEACOM landing station?
Colocation with defined service levels. SEACOM markets space at its own landing stations and at repeater sites along its terrestrial backbone.
When did the SEACOM cable enter service?
23 July 2009, as a 17,000 km SubCom-built system linking South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Djibouti, France and India. Capacity was lifted to 1.5 Tbps in 2018.
Which part of Mombasa is the station in?
Old Town, on Mombasa Island: the Swahili Cultural Centre on Mvita Road.