In accordance with its ambition to offer its customers a better telecom experience MTN Zambia will build a fiber optic network which will link Lusaka to Mongu, on the Namibian border. ZTE Corporation has been entrusted with the work which will improve the high speed bandwidth. Mobile operator MTN Zambia has signed a partnership agreement with...
After a positive evaluation of the pilot phase from June 27 to July 1, 2020, the construction of the entire Congo – Cameroon optical fiber link was officially started on August 8. The work is carried out by China Communications Services International and Huawei. The fiber optic interconnection works from the Republic of Congo to Cameroon...
Zimbabwe telecoms parastatal, TelOne on Wednesday commissioned a novel fibre optic link connecting Makuti and Chirundu. The project was completed at a cost of US$1, 5 million. ICT, Posts and Courier Services minister, Jenfan Muswere officiated at the unveiling event in Makuti. The top government official said the Makuti-Chirundu fibre optic link was part of...
FibreCom has invested an additional $ 50 million in its fiber optic network to support the State in the digital transformation of the country. It thus brings to $ 110 million the amount already injected by the company in the development of its fiber optic network. Fiber optic connectivity provider FibreCom, a subsidiary of Zambia Electricity...
Angola Cables recorded 170% growth in traffic on its IP Network in the first quarter of 2020 when compared to the same period last year.
DFA group CEO Thinus Mulder said the company has “favoured a measured approach in our expansion to nations outside of South Africa”.
Angola Cables and its partner Nokia, the telecoms equipment manufacturer, announced they have successfully linked Africa to North America by optical fiber. The information was unveiled at the AfricaCom Summit, held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 12 to 14 November 2019. The two companies reported that the link was made between the cities of...
The Pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom has launched the first direct land-based fibre link that connects East to West Africa. The company made this announcement at a media briefing at the AfricaCom conference that was in Cape Town last week. Liquid’s Group CEO, Nic Rudnick said that this breakthrough digital corridor comes after the completion...
Pan-African undersea cable operator Seacom has lit up a 1TB fibre line connecting Johannesburg and Cape Town. This was revealed by Byron Clatterbuck, CEO of Seacom, in an exclusive interview with ITWeb on Friday. The fibre link was lit up last week. Although Clatterbuck was cagey about exactly how much the company invested in the...
The Public Investment Corp. is poised to take a stake in Liquid Telecom if Africa’s biggest fiber company goes ahead with a planned initial public offering, according to people familiar with the situation. The PIC, which manages the pension funds of South African government workers, agreed to set aside funds to guarantee a $375 million...
