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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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Worldwide spend on data centre hardware and software increased by 2% from the third quarter of 2019, caused by a 21% jump in spending on public cloud infrastructure, according to new Q3 data from Synergy Research Group.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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The first space-based network to connect directly to 4G and 5G smartphones has received a multi-million-dollar funding boost for the first phase of its commercial launch.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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South Africa is to merge its national connectivity business, Broadband Infraco, with its Sentech broadcast network to create a state-owned broadband infrastructure operator.
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A Nigerian company that specialises in building mobile networks for rural areas is to install open-source technology to deliver 2G, 3G and 4G wholesale services, upgradable to 5G.
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The value of data centre M&A deals that closed in the first eleven months of 2020 exceeded $30 billion, according to the latest data from Synergy Research Group.
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A US government agency is supporting Vodafone’s consortium that is bidding for one of Ethiopia’s two new telecoms licences with a loan of US$500 million.
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The US is investing US$300m in Liquid Telecom’s Africa Data Centres (ADC), to fund expansion in South Africa and Kenya as well as new builds and acquisitions elsewhere.
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Liquid Telecom is to build a data centre in the Nigerian city of Lagos, to be run by a new CEO for the company’s operations in the country.
