ccl is a public private venture that was created by several stakeholders in an afford to bring the first high speed fiber optic submarine cable to liberia . these stakeholders include the government of liberia gol libtelco lone star communications and cellcom . ccl is part of an overall submarine cable system called ace . the ace africa coast to europe submarine cable system will stretch from france to south africa connecting all countries along the west coast of africa from morocco to south africa . this new cable will provide broadband interconnection to the global telecommunications network to more than twenty five countries in africa and western europe.the branches of the atlantic coast of eupore and africa that are a part of the ace configuration include pemar ch france lisbon portugal tenerife canary islands nouakchott mauritania dakar senegal banjul gambia conakry guinea freetown sierra leone monrovia liberia abidjan ivory coast accra ghana cotonou benin lagos nigeria kribi cameroon bata equatorial guinea libreville gabon and santana sao tome . the ace submarine cable system which will be 17 000 km long will be operational in the first half of 2012 . it will benefit from the state of the art submarine cable technology and will benefit from a minimum capacity of 1.92 tbit s capable of supplying the network connectivity required to meet the needs of many countries and secure international traffic.ace will complement existing submarine cables sat 3 wasc safe sea me we .3 atlantis 2 etc. and will offer the west african coastal region excellent connectivity to telecommunications networks in europe america and asia . 2011 ccl all rights reserved . libtelco compound lynch & broad streets monrovia liberia . tel 231 880 673 982 e mail cableconsortium gmail.com create a free website powered by create your own free website start your own free website a surprisingly easy drag & drop site creator . learn more . photo used under creative commons from andrew morrell photography