PowerTel Communications, a subsidiary of Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), says it plans to invest more than USD50 million to expand its fibre infrastructure and improve connectivity in rural areas of the country. A report from News Day says the upgrade work is being carried out in conjunction with improvements to ZESA’s electricity supply network...
Liquid will directly connect Angola to Zambia through its fibre network in Zambia Liquid Dataport, has announced plans to expand its fibre backbone to connect Luanda, Angola and Lusaka, Zambia directly. This follows Liquid’s launch of a new 2500km fibre link between Lobito, Angola and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company, part...
Aprice shake-up is anticipated in South Africa’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) market as a wave of increases introduced by internet service providers (ISPs) is coming. Africa Analysis – an ICT and future-tech consulting firm – says this is in line with fibre network operators (FNOs) that recently confirmed wholesale price increases for the first time in two...
Angola’s Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Media, Mário Oliveira, announced that the fibre optics connection between Angola and Zambia will commence operations on Wednesday. This milestone aims to strengthen technological ties with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Minister Oliveira revealed that initial testing will be conducted before the project progresses further. He...
MTN GlobalConnect (MTN GC) rolled out over 2 000 km of new fibre in the first quarter of this year, bringing its total inventory of proprietary fibre to over 107 000km. This, as the company is scaling MTN Group’s fibre ambitions to meet the growing demand for international connectivity. MTN GC, an MTN Group operating...
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) and the ICT Authority (ICTA) have announced the signing of an agreement on the deployment of last mile fibre-optic connectivity across 19 unserved and underserved counties. Under the agreement, the CA will support the fibre deployment in the identified counties at a cost of KES5 billion (USD36.8 million) through the Universal...
In November 2022, the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy (MPTEN) of the Republic of Guinea granted GUINÉENNE DE FIBER OPTIQUE (GFO), an Operator’s License for ‘Metropolitan infrastructure for the provision of interconnection services and fiber optic transport for the benefit of operators and telecommunications service providers. La GUINEENNE DE FIBER OPTIQUE (GFO), the...
Digital transformation is at the heart of the Burkinabe government’s development programs. Ouagadougou wants to rely on a robust, reliable and available digital infrastructure to achieve its objectives. The government of Burkina Faso has chosen Bridge Fiber Solutions (BFS), a subsidiary of Telecel Faso SA, to operate and manage the country’s national telecommunications backbone. The company launched...
Paratus Botswana has confirmed plans to lay over 1000km of fibre in the country by year-end. Paratus Botswana Managing Director, Shawn Bruwer, said, “By the end of 2023, we will have more than 1000km of fibre deployed nationally; numerous unique PoPs (points of presence); over 20 service vehicles; and hundreds of radio access points.” The...
Dandemutande of Zimbabwe is partnering with Fiber Connections, a subsidiary of Bandwidth and Cloud Services Group (BCS Group), on a fibre-optic network expansion project. The first phase of the scheme, which was completed in December, included 531km of infrastructure connecting Beitbridge, Somabhula and Bulawayo, plus a link to Victoria Falls. The second phase, due for completion...
