Ebene City
Encyclopedia
Ebene City is a city on the island nation of Mauritius
, 15 km (nine miles) south of the capital, Port Louis
.
Construction began in November, 2001, with the city being promoted as a new information technology
hub for Mauritius and as a link between African and Asia
n markets -- as a result is referred to as Ebene Cyber City.
Ebene is a cable landing point
of the SAFE
high-speed submarine communications cable
between South Africa
and Malaysia. It is also the home of AfriNIC
, the Regional Internet Registry
for Africa
, and other IT
companies.
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
, 15 km (nine miles) south of the capital, Port Louis
Port Louis
-Economy:The economy is dominated by its port, which handles Mauritius' international trade. The port was founded by the French who preferred Port Louis as the City is shielded by the Port Louis/Moka mountain range. It is the largest container handling facility in the Indian Ocean and can...
.
Construction began in November, 2001, with the city being promoted as a new information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
hub for Mauritius and as a link between African and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n markets -- as a result is referred to as Ebene Cyber City.
Ebene is a cable landing point
Cable landing point
A cable landing point is the location where a submarine or other underwater cable makes landfall. The term is most often used for the landfall points of submarine telecommunications cables and submarine power cables. The landing will either be direct or via a branch from a main cable using a...
of the SAFE
SAFE (cable system)
The South Africa Far East cable is an optical fiber submarine communications cable linking Melkbosstrand, South Africa to Penang, Malaysia.It was commissioned in 2002 and built by Tyco Submarine Systems of the USA with an initial capacity of 10 Gigabits per second, which is upgradeable to 130...
high-speed submarine communications cable
Submarine communications cable
A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean....
between South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and Malaysia. It is also the home of AfriNIC
AfriNIC
AfriNIC is the regional Internet registry for Africa. Its headquarters are in Ebene City, Mauritius. Adiel Akplogan is the registry's chief executive officer...
, the Regional Internet Registry
Regional Internet Registry
A regional Internet registry is an organization that manages the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a particular region of the world...
for Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, and other IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
companies.