MÉTISS is a 3,200 km subsea fibre optic cable system that connects South Africa to the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius – it lands in Amanzimtoti and is backhauled by Liquid Telecoms to Teraco’s data centre in Durban. With MÉTISS consortium members having the infrastructure in both the Teraco Durban (DB1) and Johannesburg (JB1)data...

TowerXchange takes a deep dive into the African tower industry, providing the most comprehensive directory to date of the key MNOs, towercos, infracos, investors and ESCOs active in the market. 9mobile: Nigerian MNO, formerly known as Etisalat Nigeria which was rebranded following a takeover by a consortium of banks after defaulting on loan repayments. The operator...

For many years, mobile network operators have viewed the masts and towers that house their antennas, radios and switching gear as strategic assets vital for their competitive standing. But over the past year or so, the European market has seen a significant shift and carriers there are more likely to consider them as valuable structures...

2020 highlighted the importance of secure, reliable communications networks. Following a revealing year that made digital communication channels and remote working the norm, there are a few tech trends that are likely to play out over the foreseeable future. With this in mind, Nic Laschinger, CTO of Euphoria Telecom, has shared five telephony trends to...

MultiChoice has announced that French media company Groupe Canal+ has acquired more shares in the company, which means it now owns 12% of the total ordinary shares in issue. This follows news earlier this month that Canal+ SA has acquired 6.5% of MultiChoice Group’s total ordinary shares. Groupe Canal+ SA is a French film and TV...

Interoperability can help the mobile money industry shift to a higher gear, where customers can pay merchants and transfer money without having to consider which mobile money provider they are using. More so, end-to-end interoperability may provide more people with access to financial services and enable new services to address the needs of the most...

In 2010, Kenyan payments, money transfer and micro-financing service M-Pesa became the most successful mobile phone based financial service in the developing world, just three years after the launch by network operators Vodafone and Safaricom. Since then, while other developing markets such as the APAC and LATAM regions have dominated headlines, the African continent’s success...

telecommunication operators in Nigeria and other African countries are experiencing an increasing demand for their services. They noted that there would be need to invest more in infrastructure to meet the rising demand but fear that external funding might be difficult to secure.  The operators, who spoke at the International Telecoms Week 2020 Live: Connectivity...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the opening of AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region, effectively extending its datacentre footprint of 73 Availability Zones within 23 geographic regions globally. The launch in South Africa has been on the cards for some time with the company having announced its intention to launch a Region for Africa back...

Extensia and RZproducts have answered Africa’s call for a range of high quality and high available datacentre solutions that can be easily and quickly deployed and installed across Africa. The RZproducts product range is unique and manufactured to the highest European standards with ‘plug and play’ self-contained solutions catering for small office requirements to stand-alone...