True Online and ZTE Corporation have launched the first 50G PON prototype in Thailand, intended to upgrade the country's fixed-network broadband infrastructure.
Nokia has announced that, in collaboration with operator Etisalat UAE, (aka etisalat by e&), it has demonstrated the fastest passive optical network (PON) speed in the Middle East and Africa region.
The Brazilian government has qualified 12 companies to operate the second section of Norte Conectado, an Amazon River fibre backbone project, as a consortium.
Dedicado has deployed a high-capacity resilient network between Argentina and Uruguay using solutions from Ciena.
Following up on its announcement in February of a memorandum of understanding, Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cable operators in the region, and Grid Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the independent power transmission operator (IPTO) in Greece, have signed a collaboration agreement to build a subsea system connecting Egypt and Greece.
Operator MTN South Africa and pan-African infrastructure services company MTN GlobalConnect, in partnership with the 2Africa consortium, has announced the landing of the 45,000km 2Africa cable in coastal sites Yzerfontein and Duynefontein, South Africa.
Helios Towers closed the acquisition of 2,519 passive infrastructure sites from Omantel for US$495 million, its first in the Middle East as part of wider plans to expand in the region.
Optical fibre and satellite are driving two very different business models from Ekinops and World Mobile which could, potentially, boost African connectivity.
The US government has called for the Federal Communications Commission to throw out an application to deliver connectivity to Cuba through a subsea cable, stating concerns over national security.
Fibre to the home and fibre to the business (FTTH/FTTB) are continuing to make inroads into African markets, as indicated by recent announcements from operator Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) and pan-African full service network company Paratus in Botswana.
Vodafone Cook Islands has switched its internet services for the Cook Islands from Tahiti over to the new ‘western route’ of the Manatua-One Polynesia cable system to Sydney.
With the world’s biggest football competition only days away, Gulf Bridge International (GBI) has announced that it has deployed Infinera’s ICE6 800G optical engine to boost capacity ahead of the World Cup.
Multinational technology company Gold Data has announced that it is building the first cable system in the Gulf of Mexico. It will connect Miami in Florida with strategic points in Mexico: Mexico City, Cancun and Queretaro.
Telecom Namibia is partnering with OMDis Town Transformation Agency for a new fibre deployment in the formerly privately-owned diamond mining town of Oranjemund.
Paratus Zambia is partnering with Meta to build a new 900km open access metro fibre network aimed at boosting connectivity across the country.
A new submarine cable system in Southeast Asia is on the way after a consortium of telecommunication companies agreed to invest about US$300 million in Asia Link Cable (ALC).
WIOCC, a provider of digital connectivity and infrastructure across Africa, says it is working with networking systems, services and software company Ciena to become the first operator to activate a fibre pair on Google's Equiano subsea cable.
In this interview, Developing Telecoms' James Barton speaks to Eric Festraets, the strategic marketing director for fixed networks at Nokia and President of the Fibre to the Home Council Europe, to discuss how fibre can be effectively monetized in emerging markets.
Huawei's Fiber to the Room (FTTR) solution won the Access Innovation Award at the 24th World Communication Awards (WCA), recognizing the Chinese vendor’s technical innovation and business achievements in the access field.
Argentine state-owned satellite company ARSAT has said it has opened a tender for the extension of the national Refefo fibre optic network at border crossings. Offers have to be supplied by 17 November.
GetaFIX, the Philippines’ largest neutral internet exchange (IX), and leading IX operator DE-CIX, have announced a strategic partnership that will connect the Philippines to DE-CIX’s Southeast Asian distributed interconnection ecosystem.
At the 8th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2022), Huawei unveiled its Fiber to the Room (FTTR) solution with an industry-leading centralized Wi-Fi access network (C-WAN) architecture.
Digital infrastructure provider Vertiv has completed the installation of Hormuud Telecom’s undersea cable landing station (CLS) in Somalia.
Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) has signed an agreement with Kacific which will improve connectivity in underserved areas and provide the operator with an enterprise-level back-up service to help mitigate the impact of future outages.
Cameroon’s main operator Camtel has according to local media, announced plans to bring on board local companies to help operate its FTTH fibre optic networks in two major cities: Yaoundé and Douala.
Nokia has confirmed the extension of its existing relationship with the world’s largest power utility, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC).
In its second major announcement in a matter of days, Chilean telecoms giant Entel has said it plans to sell the assets of its fibre optic business but continue offering internet services.
American Tower Corporation has tapped Nokia deploy a neutral fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in Argentina.
Brazil’s Algar Telecom has selected Infinera to modernise and scale its subsea network infrastructure.
Gulf Bridge International (GBI) is increasing its international network capacity with optical upgrades from Nokia to enable high-speed connectivity between Doha, Qatar and Milan, Italy.
Uruguay’s Senate has approved new legislation that will end the fixed broadband monopoly held by state-owned telco Antel.
South Africa’s MultiChoice Group is perhaps best known for its DStv satellite TV service that is a major force in sub-Saharan Africa. However, it has now aggressively entered the fibre internet market by bringing both DStv and internet into its own uncapped fibre products offering at heavily discounted prices.
The Oman-Australia undersea cable linking Perth and Muscat, is, according to the company that built it, ready for service.
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