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Covering a continent’s worth of connectivity in three days is a tough ask – but that’s what the ITW Africa agenda will try to do. There have been several interesting developments, projects and focus areas in the African telecoms and connectivity market in 2023 – here are just five of them in areas that ITW Africa will address in September.

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) is selling services powered by 10Gbps-enabled XGS-PON, the operator has announced.

Aqua Comms has expanded its interconnection capabilities in the US in partnership with NYI, a provider of hybrid infrastructure, network and interconnection services.

Arelion upgraded its current Infinera FlexILS flexible-grid line system to support the L-band on a high-traffic route from Ashburn, Virginia to Atlanta.

Exa Infrastructure has acquired Univerzalne Telekomunikacije d.o.o (Unitel), a Croatian infrastructure services provider.

Liquid Dataport has launched its newest fibre route connecting Mombasa, Kenya, to Muanda on the west coast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).

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