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Airtel Africa Launches Telesonic
Airtel Africa announces the launch of Airtel Africa Telesonic Limited (‘Telesonic’), a state-of-the-art fibre bandwidth service, leveraging ground fibre assets and submarine cable systems to meet the growing demand for wholesale data in Africa. This initiative aims to establish local…
Paratus South Africa and Eutelsat OneWeb Launch Connectivity Services
Paratus South Africa, and low earth orbit satellite (LEO) operator, Eutelsat OneWeb, (part of Eutelsat Group), have launched revolutionary new connectivity services in South Africa. This is significant for Paratus South Africa because they already provide Geostationary (GEO) satellite services…
The African Internet Connectivity Journey is on its Path to Global Economic Success
Africans are getting ready to take over the world. This may not be a sentiment the developed world tends to agree with, but it is time to acknowledge the facts. Around 17% of the world’s population resides in Africa and…
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Telkom to discontinue fixed-line prepaid service
South African communication services provider, Telkom announced on Wednesday, 31 July 2019, that it has successfully upgraded over 96 per cent of its prepaid fixed-line customers to wireless prepaid service. This move is said to be in support of the…
Namibian company invests millions into network infrastructure
On Tuesday, 30 July 2019, Paratus Africa and Nampower announced plans to launch The GridOnline — this collaboration is set to commercialise Namibia’s national optic fibre network and provide access to its national Optical Ground Wire (OPGW). In 2018, Paratus…
Investing in fibre is key to enable the growth of Africa’s digital economy
At the end of June 2019, the International Telecoms Week facilitated a panel discussion session where members spoke about the importance of investing in fibre infrastructure within Africa, in order to facilitate the development and growth of the continent’s digital…
Mobile operators in Ghana report over 2,000 fibre cuts in 2019 alone
Ghana’s mobile industry has undergone more than 2,000 incidents related to fibre cuts in just the first half of 2019. Data released by the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications shows ‘2,000 incidents of fibre cuts and 600 incidents of theft at…
Liquid Telecom expands availability of Microsoft Azure in Africa
Liquid Telecom and Microsoft Gold Partner announced the availability of Microsoft Azure across its pan-African network, approaching 70,000km and stretching via a direct terrestrial high-speed fibre link across the continent. Liquid Telecom brings cloud-optimised connectivity offering the benefits of low…
Frogfoot embarks on an aggressive FTTH expansion programme
Frogfoot Networks, a licensed open access fibre network provider and wholly-owned subsidiary of integrated ICT and connectivity provider Vox, extend plans to bring fibre to the home (FTTH) to an additional 14 000 homes in the Western Cape by April 2019.…
The building BRICS of the future
South Africa has the potential to leverage its large youth population, along with emerging technologies, to become a leader in both BRICS countries and even globally. The recent BRICS Business Council conference held in South Africa analysed the opportunities and…
Google to provide free high speed Wifi in Nigeria
Google hosted its second Google for Nigeria event where the company made a number of big announcements aimed at helping people in Nigeria, and across Africa, benefit from the opportunities the web has to offer. In a bid to make…
Liquid Telecom building fibre network from Cape Town to Cairo
Telecom Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding with Liquid Telecom to enable the pan-African group to complete Africa’s terrestrial fibre network stretching across the African continent, the companies announced. Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Global, has been…
Liquid Telecom upgrades internet speed in East Africa
Liquid Telecom has revealed that it has completed 100G upgrades to key routes on the East African fibre ring. Liquid telecom will provide 100G links to the cities of Kigali in Rwanda, Kampala, and Tororo in Uganda, and Nairobi and…
Driving customer choice with open access networks
Creating competition in the buoyant Internet service provider (ISP) space plays a crucial role in driving customer choice. Consumers can go anywhere to get their home or business connected, but the costs are still very much dependent on whether their…
Liquid Telecom expands African satellite footprint
As part of a multi-million dollar (US) investment in its satellite business, Liquid Telecom is the first operator to build a satellite hub at Teraco’s vendor-neutral earth station in South Africa. This hub enables Liquid Telecom to route African traffic in Africa rather than…
Liquid Telecom’s KDN extends fibre network to Tanzania
Kenya Data Networks (KDN) has announced that it has extended its fibre network into Tanzania and will be the first operator to connect the East African capitals of Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kampala and Kigali on a single fibre network. The…
