Telecom Egypt has announced that EG-IX, which it claims to be the first Open Access Internet Exchange in Egypt, is now live and available for customers. In a press release regarding the development, the operator said that EG-IX, powered by AMS-IX, is ‘intended to enhance the digital experience of internet users in Egypt, Africa, and the...
BitCo Telecoms, one of South Africa’s leading Telecommunications and Internet Service Providers, announces fiscal and market share growth for 2021 as well as upcoming strategies for expanding their national last mile carrier-grade network, and geographic reach to outlying areas and towns in 2022 and beyond. BitCo enjoyed a solid year of business growth in 2021...
Infrastructure investment platform Africa50 has completed an equity investment in Poa, a Kenyan ISP primarily serving lower-income urban communities. The investment is part of a USD28 million financing round led by Africa50, which will be used to support Poa’s future growth plans across Kenya, as well as launch the business into further African markets. Also participating in...
With 2021 behind us, we look at the storage market to see an exciting 2022 ahead of us. Cyber resilience, AI, supercharged application and workload performance and availability, and reduction of OPEX and CAPEX in today’s world of hybrid cloud and containers – all of these come together to frame up the next 12 months....
Ericsson is developing a new data center in the Seychelles for Airtel Africa. The telco has awarded Ericsson a turnkey project to relocate and modernize its existing network and core services to a new data center in the Seychelles. Specifications and timelines have not been shared, but the companies said the new data center will...
CVTelecom (Cabo Verde Telecom) and Angola Cables have signed a joint cooperation agreement to identify synergies to expand connectivity and network capabilities. According to a statement released by the companies, the strategic partnership will also streamline closer commercial cooperation in the development of customised networking products and solutions that can be brought to market in...
MTN Group has appointed Hermann Tischendorf as the company’s Chief Technology & Information Officer for Digital and Fintech, effective on 1 December 2021. “We are delighted to have a seasoned executive of Hermann’s calibre joining our growing DigiFin team,” says MTN Group Chief Digital and Fintech Officer Serigne Dioum. “He brings the skills and experience...
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) (Paris:ETL) and Vodacom Tanzania PLC have signed a service agreement for packaged services to bring connectivity to underserved regions of Tanzania, leveraging Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT KONNECT high-throughput satellite. Following a successful Proof of Concept trial, Vodacom will commercialize services on the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite under its own brand, building out its...
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator has picked MTN Nigeria (MTNN.LG), Airtel Africa (AAF.L) and Mafab Communications to bid for 5G licences at an auction set for Dec. 13, it said on Thursday. The Nigeria Communications Commission had said in July that it expected to start auctioning spectrum for the next-generation 5G network in the fourth quarter of this year. Source:...
Telecoms leaders argue poverty alleviation and increasing rural connection should not be undermined by a focus on profits alone. It is time to rethink how one assesses business success when connecting rural or marginalised communities to an increasingly digital economy. This was one of the discussion points raised at the South African Telecommunications and Applications...
