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.
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Total international bandwidth more than quadrupled between 2016 and 2020, to exceed 2 Pbps.
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NTT Data has carved out a new division, covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, with a new CEO.
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Google has confirmed two subsea cable projects linking the Middle East with southern Europe and Asia, are to be built and delivered in collaboration with Sparkle.
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Airtel Africa reported a revenue increase of 30.7% year on year in its second quarter results, reaching $1.1 billion, as the business recovered from the impacts of Covid-19 in 2020.
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Infinera is to deploy its Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) technology for Hatif Libya, a subsidiary of Libyan Telecommunication Holding Company (LPTIC).
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The last day to submit an entry to the Global Carrier Awards 2021, is 29 July.
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Vodafone has seen a 3.3% increase in service revenues across Europe and Africa, following growth in both the consumer and business segments.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to spend US$35 million to develop its fibre network.
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Sipho Maseko, the CEO and executive director of Telkom Group and its subsidiaries, is to step down next year.
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Orange has formally submitted its interest to acquire a stake in Ethio Telecom, confirmed Ethiopia’s ambassador to France.
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Rack Centre, the data centre colocation provider in West Africa, has completed the doubling of power capacity at its Lagos, Nigeria campus to 1.5MW.
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The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) has announced that Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC has been issued with a final licence. However, over half of the winning consortium's financing could be in doubt due to US sanctions.
