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’s Natalie Bannerman explores the world of multi-cloud, questioning what’s next for the space and the evolution of the trend.
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Burned by the investment decisions of the past, telcos have for years been largely absent from the data space. However, it could be time to revise the strategy. Melanie Mingas writes.
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Gameloft Business Solutions has launched MTN Arcade, a new mobile gaming subscription platform available to all MTN customers in South Africa.
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European satellite company SES is to provide a business networking service to a local provider, RCS Communication.
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As the world moves out of Covid-19, Hong Kong-based HGC Global Communications is preparing for the future 5G era, with lots of cellsites needing to be connected by fibre. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to CEO Andrew Kwok .
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More than half of telecoms executives at this year’s virtual ITW think that the Covid-19 crisis will be over in six months.
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Discussing the drivers and barriers of intercarrier automation, Elson Sutanto, principal analyst at Juniper Research, led yesterday’s discussion on how to solve the convergence conundrum.
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DE-CIX has published a new whitepaper on how interconnection drives the digital transformation of enterprises.
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The telecoms industry’s charity, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), has been reacting to the effects of Covid-19 from Mexico to Madagascar, providing aid to children and adults hit by the virus.
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Featuring editor-in-chief João Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.
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We’re back and day three of ITW 2020 didn’t skimp on the content despite its virtual format, this time with a regional connectivity focus.
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