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More Africa NewsIntelvision and Vodafone connect Seychelles to 2Africa, their third fiber optic submarine cable

April 24, 2023by myles0

The Seychelles government and telecom operators are investing in strengthening the national telecom infrastructure to support the digital transformation of the economy. The country connected in 2022 to its second international submarine cable, ten years after the first. The Seychelles telecommunications company Intelvision has connected the Seychelles to the 2Africa fiber optic submarine cable, in partnership...

More Africa NewsPEACE cable lands in Seychelles

March 11, 2022by myles0

A second fibre optic cable has landed in Seychelles and scheduled to be operational in May. The cable that will connect the Pakistan East Africa Cable Express (PEACE) landed this week at Perseverance Island in the Seychelles. According to Seychelles’ Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology Benjamin Choppy the objective of...

UncategorizedAirtel Africa and Ericsson to launch data center in Seychelles

December 10, 2021by myles0

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...

More Africa NewsSeychelles’ Intelvision secures US$20m to bolster broadband

August 20, 2021by myles0

Seychelles-based telecommunications services provider Intelvision Limited has received US$20-million funding from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to strengthen its broadband network and digital services. IFC’s support to Intelvision, which provides data, internet and internet-based voice services, as well as digital pay television, includes a US$10-million loan from its own account and an additional...

More Africa NewsBotswana, Nigeria, Seychelles to reach affordable broadband target

July 17, 2020by myles0

Botswana, Nigeria and Seychelles are likely to reach the United Nations Broadband Commission’s target of affordable broadband services of less than 2% of Gross National Income (GNI) per capita by 2023. This is according to a new report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019, which claims that broadband prices...

More Africa NewsSeychelles operator CWS launches 5G network

July 7, 2020by myles0

CWS CEO Charles Hammond said 5G is a totally safe technology that has no scientific link to any diseases whatsoever. He said 5G fuels social and economic development through AI, cloud computing and IOT. Hammond said while new technology may take time to be implemented in small countries and economies, in Seychelles, the technology has...

More Industry InsightsBotswana, Nigeria And Seychelles On Track To Give Citizens Affordable Broadband – ITU Report

May 22, 2020by Adrian Hall0

According to a recent report on "Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trend released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), indications are that Botswana, Nigeria And Seychelles are on track to meet the ITU's Broadband Commission affordability threshold target of 2% of the monthly gross national income.

More Africa NewsSeychelles’ US$20-m cable project to go live in 2021

February 26, 2020by myles0

Pakistan East Africa Cable Express (PEACE) will connect the group of islands, via Kenya, with the international community. Seychelles Cable System Company Limited said its US$20-million undersea cable project will go live in July 2021. The 12,000-kilometre project, Pakistan East Africa Cable Express (PEACE) will connect the group of islands, via Kenya, with the international...