SAT-2 was a submarine communications cable linking Melkbosstrand, South Africa, to El Medano, Tenerife Island, Spain and Funchal, Madeira islands, Portugal. It was long, contained 82 repeaters, operated at 560 Mbit/s and was in service from 1993 to January, 2013. It was the first sub-Saharan cable, but it bypassed the African west coast.
It is the property of a consortium of fifteen operators including: Telkom SA Ltd, Telefónica, Marconi, British Telecom, France Cables et Radio, and Deutsche Telekom.
Individual cable systems off the west coast of Africa include: