Total length 1000 km | Date of first use 2009 | |
Design capacity 1.28 terabits per second | ||
Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION) is a submarine communications cable system that connects Madagascar, Réunion, and Mauritius. It is 1,000 kilometres long. It is capable of delivering up to 1.28 terabits per second. The project was financed by a consortium made up of Orange Madagascar, Mauritius Telecom and France Telecom S.A..
Overall, the LION project will cost an estimated 37 million dollars. The Mauritius Telecom group has reportedly invested 10.8 million in the project. To reach Europe and other destinations, the LION cable is linked to the SAFE cable and will be connected to the EASSy and the East African Marine System (TEAMs) cable when they are operational.[6]
It has cable landing points at:
The cable will subsequently be extended to Nyali, Mombasa in Kenya with a LION2 branch connecting Mayotte.