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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Helios Towers saw revenue growth of 4% over the first half of the year, as the number of sites owned increased by 21%.
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Telecoms companies in Somalia have until the end of the month to apply for licences to operate, or they will have to cease.
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Uganda’s Smart Telecom is closing operations at the end of August.
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There was much excitement a couple of years ago when the first 5G service was launched. 5G delivers a real step change in connectivity, capacity and latency that promises both faster download speeds and a host of new low-latency and machine-to-machine applications.
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Kenyan operator Safaricom has teamed up with Nokia, UNICEF, and the country’s ministries of education and ICT to connect close to 90 primary schools serving 33,000 pupils to the internet in rural and informal urban settlements.
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The 2Africa consortium announces the addition of four new branches to the 2Africa subsea cable.
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Eloise Walker and Catherine Robins from Pinsent Masons, explain how changes to the international tax system will affect telecoms and tech multinationals.
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Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) is the official charity partner for International Telecoms Week in 2021.
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Radware's telecoms customers saw attack volumes amounting to 18TB per month in Q2, with an average of 600 attacks every 30 days.
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Orange, Telefónica and Nokia are among those who have reported their Q2 and H1 financial results in recent days.
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Government officials in Ethiopia have told media that the country will open bidding for its second telecoms operator licence this month.
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The north-east African state of Djibouti has set Thursday 16 September as the deadline for investors to express interest in taking a 40% stake in the incumbent operator.
