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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Orange confirms its support of the One Africa Network (OAN) project with the launch of two PoPs and the hosting of roaming data in Africa.
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Libyan telecoms investor LAP GreenN is threatening to seize Zambia’s international assets because it says the government owes it US$380 million.
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Investment news from Telia, Stonecourt and Expereo, and HAPs above New Mexico
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Nigeria based technology services provider 21st Century Technologies (21CTL) and Konet have announced the inauguration of an Edge, hyperscale data centre project set to be the largest in West and North Africa, according to the company.
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SoftBank’s HAPSMobile has successfully transmitted 4G mobile signals – including a video call – from an uncrewed solar-powered aircraft 19km above New Mexico.
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Fraudsters have stolen an estimated US$750,000 from the accounts of mobile money customers in Uganda, according to reports from the country.
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This paper details the fraudulent robocalling problem, focusing on CLI Spoofing, which enables the majority of these calls to reach their intended victims. The FCC-mandated STIR/SHAKEN solution is described and then a typical call is followed in detail as it makes away across the network, encountering STIR/SHAKEN processing as it goes.
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South Africa is to auction frequencies for a wholesale-only wireless network.
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MTN’s Zambian operation is to build a fibre connection to Namibia, its neighbour to the south-west.
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This episode features editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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French operator Orange has enhanced its operations in Africa with the launch of an online learning scheme and the most affordable 4G Android device.
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Vodafone has started the first commercial trials in Africa of the disaggregated cell site gateway (DCSG) solution that was developed with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP).
