Africa
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The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is continuing to expand in Africa, launching a new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Ghana. -
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) unveiled plans to expand its service in Kenya with the launch of LINX Mombasa to extend its growing network on the continent.
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The mobile industry’s contribution to Sub-Saharan Africa's GDP is projected to reach $170 billion by 2030, provided that challenges such as connectivity gaps and energy costs are resolved, according to a new GSMA report.
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Angola Cables has launched a European subsidiary, TelCables Europe, to bring its digital solutions to customers across Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Sofibanque, one of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) biggest banks, is leveraging co-location services at the OADC Kinshasa data centre site.
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RETN has issued a stark warning that the impact of the February 2024 cable cuts in the Red Sea, which were originally reported to have affected 25% of Europe-Asia data traffic, was severely underestimated.
Forthcoming events
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Nearly a year after Google’s parent group burst a project to use balloons to deliver mobile coverage in east Africa, another scheme has popped up.
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Blocked from a growing number of telecoms networks, Huawei is changing its business model to focus on new revenue streams. Saf Malik reports.
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Africa Data Centres is to expand its capacity in Johannesburg, while embarking on a series of new projects.
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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EllaLink's new connection and KKR's latest spending spree
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The facilities being developed by WIOCC Group's new data centre company will host cable landing stations for the 2Africa and Equiano subsea cables.
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WIOCC has completed a $200 million debt and equity capital raise to expand its connectivity across Africa and internationally.
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Telecom Egypt has deployed Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme to maximise its capacity along the Mediterranean segment of Telecom Egypt’s Middle East North Africa (MENA) submarine cable system.
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Hilda Bujiku has been promoted to the role of finance director at Vodacom Tanzania, after a near seven-months as deputy.
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Research by Inmarsat has found that despite the accelerating speed of Internet of Things (IoT) adoption during the Covid-19 pandemic, poor or unreliable connectivity is a key barrier.
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New standards are required to stimulate the deployment of "cyber-physical systems" in agtech to feed a fast-growing global population.
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IHS Towers is to acquire 5,709 telecoms towers in South Africa from MTN for approximately $412 million (ZAR 6.4 billion) in cash.
