Telkom is planning to transition its subscribers from copper-based internet to fibre technology in all fibre-ready regions South Africa. The company explained that this change would definitely enhance speeds, lessen maintenance costs and fix the issue of copper cable theft. The Director of Product Development and Management of Telkom, Steven White, stated, “Fibre is a [...]
MainOne Cable, a Nigerian broadband-data company, intends to extend its West African operations to cater the increasing demand for connectivity amid the coronavirus pandemic. MainOne operates an undersea cable connecting West Africa to the rest of the world, will complete a data node in Ghana by the first quarter of 2021 and will build another [...]
Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) will provide Mobily Fiber services following an arrangement to open broadband to offer fixed and fiber optic broadband services to 3.5 million homes. Mobily declared that the broadband services for fixed communication networks through fiber optics technology will offer subscribers with an exclusive experience of high-speed Internet, and a rich experience in [...]
Pan-African telecoms company, Liquid Telecom will deliver VSAT connectivity services to mbora, a new social enterprise in Malawi that is offering free connectivity to people living and working in rural areas through community hubs. Each hub is tuned with broadband speeds of up to 36mbps, which allows mbora and its content partners to digitally deliver [...]
Telma has rolled out Madagascar’s first 5G network, via the network infrastructure supplied by Swedish tech giant, Ericsson. Telma introduced Madagascar’s first 5G consumer services using spectrum in the 3.6-3.7 GHz band, with the network going live on the 26th June 2020. By rolling out 5G on the island, Telma forms part of the few operators [...]
Satellite and fiber specialist, Gilat Telecom has extended its VSAT services in every country in Africa in order to offer next generation connectivity to some of the hardest to reach communities in the world. Gilat Telecom has been offering satellite connectivity to Africa for more than 20 years, with a strong presence in East Africa [...]
Telecom Egypt (TE) and Etisalat Misr have inked two deals for mobile and fixed telecommunications interconnection. The deals will be mainly on how much it costs to transfer calls between fixed-line and mobile networks and also enable Etisalat Misr to use the telecommunications infrastructure of Telecom Egypt. Telecom Egypt said that the first arrangement represents an improvement of [...]
Seacom rolled out its fibre service, ‘WonderNet’ which will offer a new level of customer experience in the home fibre market. ‘WonderNet’ offers a range of packages starting from 10Mbps through to 1Gbps. All packages contain a standard Wi-Fi enabled router, without upfront costs and which can be purchased on a month-to-month option. There is [...]
Facebook will partner with a group of telecoms operators to build Africa’s internet infrastructure. Facebook stated in a statement that it will partner with six other companies including China Mobile International, Telecom Egypt and Vodafone to construct what they are calling “2Africa.” The project will build a massive 22,990-mile-long undersea cable around Africa, which the [...]
Liquid Telecom will be supporting its Hai home fibre customers (Hai powered by Liquid Telecom) with unlimited high capacity broadband in order to help people who are working and learning from home or remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The network provider is providing this upgrade to current home fibre users for free in order [...]
