South African company fibertime, which says its aim is to connect townships to affordable world-class internet, is working with tech giant Nokia on expanding its fibre broadband access footprint to include an additional 400,000 homes located across South Africa’s underserved communities.
Keppel – one of the owners of the Bifrost Cable System – said on Thursday that the subsea cable linking the US to Southeast Asia is now ready for service and will now gear up to carry commercial traffic in the coming weeks.
Philippine fibre network operator InfiniVAN and its parent company, Japanese telecoms services provider IPS, have signed a MoU with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to beef up BCDA’s fibre infrastructure assets, particularly the Luzon Bypass Infrastructure (LBI).
The Taliban has intensified its internet crackdown, triggering a nationwide connectivity blackout across Afghanistan.
Telekom Malaysia’s wholesale business arm, TM Global, announced on Thursday it has completed its fifth cable landing station in Morib, Selangor that can support up to three subsea cable systems, including the upcoming SEA-ME-WE 6.
