The term ‘cellular backhaul’ covers more now than it did two or three years ago, encompassing a far broader range of technologies that have become more widespread, including internet services offered by digital devices as well as remote or maritime communications facilitated by small cells...
A new fibre optic backbone network will aid Ghana’s Ministry of Communications administrating rural regions of the country...
A major Latin American submarine cable network is being upgraded with 40G technology...
Colombia’s National Fibre Optic Project will see the largest and most modern fibre optics network deployed across the country...
Cable & Wireless Seychelles has announced the completion of a nationwide Fibre to the Curb (FTTC) network, which will be supported by the country’s first subsea cable network...
France Telecom-Orange has suffered the loss its cable-ship, the Chamarel, after a fire broke out on the ship...
A new ultra-high-speed long-distance fibre network is launching in South Africa, with the first stage of construction comprising of a 2000km link between Johannesburg and Cape Town connecting Bloemfontein, East London, and Port Elizabeth...
Namibia was one of the last countries in Africa to introduce competition in the mobile communications sector when a second network finally launched in 2007. Despite this, the country has achieved a market penetration rate well above the regional average...
Following more than a decade of civil war, Sierra Leone has enjoyed peace, stability and rapid economic growth since 2002...
A new collaboration will enhance Iraq’s connectivity with Europe, Asia and the Gulf coast countries via the new Gulf Bridge International (GBI) fibre optic cable network...
With a fixed-line penetration of around 8% and mobile penetration close to 100%, Algeria has one of the highest teledensities in Africa...
With the BRICS countries seeking cooperation on areas as diverse as a BRICS development bank, green energy, ICTs, food security and biotechnology, a free flow of information between each territory is essential for the enhancement of trade...
Angola’s telecom sector is becoming increasingly liberalised with the advent of greater competition...
With stable GDP growth of around 5% p.a., a high population density and a high growth rate in a low-penetration mobile market, Burundi is one of the most attractive African telecom markets for investors, despite the fact that it is also one of the world’s poorest countries...
In Africa, fixed-line operators are considered dead in the water. Mobile took over and flourished, meaning that fixed-line was essentially written off – operators struggle to stay relevant with 100,000 subscribers in countries with populations of 20 million people. While many have looked to privatisation, there are still opportunities for a huge number of African fixed-line operators due to one key factor – many have exclusivity on the national backbone...
GDP per capita in Gabon is well above the African average, with the country’s oil revenues make it one of the wealthiest nations in the continent - although a distorted income distribution and poor social indicators are evident...
The Middle East and India will soon share a connection via a major international cable network...
As communications service providers face the increasing challenge of a network capacity crunch due to the demands of smartphone ownership and growing video traffic, boosting a network’s speed and capacity is becoming a priority for operators globally...
A major Brazilian cable firm is to be assimilated into the operations of one of Latin America’s most prominent players...
A new superfast submarine cable link has been launched between Israel and Italy...
Residential and business customers in Saudi Arabia will soon have access to fixed broadband services using Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology via a nationwide fibre network...
A 354 kilometre under-sea link in Indonesia, critical to the country’s international connectivity, has been upgraded by Nokia Siemens Networks...
Deployment has begun on a fibre optic submarine cable network system in the Maldives...
Countrywide broadband connectivity is now available across Zambia...
One of India’s major wireless operators is switching from standard copper cable to smoothwall RF feeder coaxial cable for its new site roll-outs...
With its potential largely untapped, the oil-rich nation of Sudan has plenty of room to grow...
Far from being written off because of the growth in mobile, Africa’s fixed line operators have a golden opportunity to capitalise on the fibre revolution taking place on the continent...
The first cable network to provide service to North Africa using 40G technology has gone live...
Nigeria’s first open access fibre optic backbone network will consist of 14,000km of fibre optic network linked through regional network owners to enable advanced communications to all regions of the country...
A Bulgarian Internet Service Provider is now offering its customers higher bandwidth along with high-quality data services such as IPTV...
The demand for broadband services is growing steadily in the southern African markets. For this reason, major operators and ISPs are investing in undersea fibre as well as terrestrial fibre and other infrastructure...
Qatar has played host to the second of two cable landings by the Middle Eastern submarine cable operator Gulf Bridge International...
Consumers in Paraná, Brazil, will soon have access to high-speed, affordable data services following the deployment of a 3000km optical fibre network by regional telecom operator Copel...
A new cable system that stretches between Europe and India is set to enhance diversity between the two territories. Launched by Bharti airtel, the Europe India Gateway (EIG) system has received investment of around $700 million and has a capacity of 3.84 terabits per second...
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