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West African Cable System

Mobile and Telecoms

Break in WACS Cable sees South Africans facing Slow Internet

Jenna Delport -
The West African Cable System (Wacs) cable, which connects South Africa to the UK, suffered a breakage off of the coast of England - inconveniencing South Africans with slow and unreliable Internet. This comes at one of the worst...
Mobile and Telecoms

Liquid Telecom connects Zimbabwe to WACS

Staff Writer -
Internet service provider Liquid Telecom completed Zimbabwe’s first direct fibre connection to the West African Cable System (WACS), which will provide the Southern African nation with an alternative route for internet traffic. "The link has been commissioned to the WACS...
Mobile and Telecoms

MTN Nigeria rolls out services with WACS

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MTN Nigeria has started making use of the West African Cable System (WACS) cable by launching a range of services running on the high-capacity submarine cable. The services are managed by MTN Business and will provide high quality, low...
Mobile and Telecoms

“Demand for greater capacity and faster speeds is ever-present” – Telkom

Staff Writer -
Today’s launch of the ultra-high capacity West African Cable System (WACS) linking Southern Africa and Europe is a significant addition to Telkom’s vast international submarine cable portfolio. The introduction of WACS into Telkom’s undersea cable portfolio will complete the company’s...
Mobile and Telecoms

Q&A: Alcatel-Lucent’s Executive Vice President on WACS

Staff Writer -
The West African Cable System (WACS), linking Southern and Western Africa to Europe, was launched in Cape Town on 11 May and officially went live at 12 noon. Driven by a coalition of fourteen investors, suppliers and network operators, the...
Mobile and Telecoms

WACS to create more broadband opportunities

Staff Writer -
The newly-laid undersea West African Cable System is due to be switched on in May, which will bring Africa just one step closer to being a truly connected continent. With a number of other cables already linking the continent...
Mobile and Telecoms

MTN granted access to Benin and Cote d’Ivoire

Staff Writer -
South African Mobile operator MTN, has been awarded 3G licences in Cote d’Ivoire and Benin. The Ivorian Minister of Post and Information Communication Technologies (PTIC) Bruno Koné made the announcement at a press conference in Abidjan. MTN Cote d’Ivoire CEO Wim Vanhelleputte believes WACS...
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