Tandon Urban Solutions Pvt. Ltd. - Project ea Nadatrabhu ea Kempegowda ea Motse oa Motse - (Bangalore, India) This a newly started undersea cable project initiative called West African Cable System (WACS) and is led by private telecommunications operators in South Africa and has thirteen (13) consortium members which are; Broadband Infraco (South Africa), Telkom South Africa (South Africa), Vodacom (South Africa), Neotel (South Africa’s second network operator), MTN (Dubai), Telecom Namibia (Namibia), Angola Telecom (Angola) Tata Communications Limited (Bermuda), Portugal Telecom (Portugal), Cable & Wireless (UK), AT&T (USA), Togo Telecom (Togo) and SOTELCO (Congo Brazzaville). The system is to run from South Africa (Cape Town) to Portugal (Seixal) and UK (London) with intermediate landings along the west coast of Africa. The WACS cable complements the capacity acquired in EASSy by providing additional capacity and alternative connectivity to Europe. The project is led by private telecommunication operators who have an urgent requirement for additional capacity in the region and the whole of Africa. The cable is expected to be ready for commercial service in the first quarter of 2011.