In 2006/07 Infraco completed and commissioned an initial 2.5 Gigabits Lambdas for the Neotel launch. Between 2008 and 2010, additional fibre routes were added to provide service protection capabilities and for overall capacity expansion. The West Africa Cable System (WACS) governance structures were in place when Infraco signed a supply contract on 8 April 2009 for an international cable system. The contract came into force on 25 May 2009. The manufacturing of various cable system components was underway. The Portugal shore-end cable had already been installed and the main fibre route installation was to commence shortly. The landing station in South Africa would be at Yzerfontein and the system was expected to go live during the third quarter of 2011. The bulk of the plant equipment had already been manufactured and accepted by the WACS Inspection Authority.