Indonesian telecoms infrastructure Dayamitra Telekomunikasi (Mitratel) said it has added more towers and optical fibre to its portfolio via separate acquisition deals worth a combined US$167.3 million.
The Smart Africa Alliance has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with pan-African digital connectivity solutions company Bayobab and infrastructure investment platform Africa50 to support the fibre optic cable initiative Project East2West with regulatory and policy engagements.
At the recent Africa Digital Expo in Kinshasa Fast Congo, a subsidiary of the pan-African operator the Paratus Group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), announced that it had signed a long-term agreement with Group Vivendi Africa (GVA) to provide fibre capacity between Muanda and Kinshasa in the DRC.
Pan-African operator MTN and technology giant NEC Corporation say they have launched Africa’s first 400G optical transponder.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and ComClark Network and Technology Corp announced on Tuesday that they will collaborate on a project to provide various connectivity technologies to over 2,000 remote areas across the Philippines.
Nokia has entered into an agreement with Indian operator Bharti Airtel to deploy a next-generation optical transport network (OTN) that, it says, will provide additional capacity, higher reliability and lower cost, enabling superior services for Airtel’s customers.
VIPNET, a privately-owned corporate internet service provider (ISP) in Côte d’Ivoire, has announced a partnership with Liquid Dataport, part of pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies.
Indonesian tower company Dayamitra Telekomunikasi (Mitratel) reported a surge in profit on the back of tower acquisitions and growth in tenancy occupations.
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a feasibility study grant to Malaysia’s Hexa Capital Consultancy to develop what would be the first subsea cable system directly connecting Malaysia and the US.
A project to build submarine cable network between Sihanoukville, a coastal city in southern Cambodia, and Hong Kong is to be completed in July 2025, according to regional press reports.
Italian international service provider Sparkle has announced the expansion of its network footprint to South Africa with the opening of two new points of presence (PoPs) in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Tsinghua University, China Mobile, Huawei and China Education and Scientific Research Network (CERNET) have officially launched a 1.2-terabit optical backbone connecting three Chinese cities using all-domestic gear.
Fibre and satellite connectivity provider Paratus Group secured a US$31 million debt facility from Private Infrastructure Development Group, to expand its fibre and data centre business in Africa into 2026.
Libya has now formally acknowledged that it will be connecting to the Medusa submarine cable project. The Medusa submarine cable system will connect Libya to Europe via the countries of the Mediterranean Basin.
Pioneer Consulting says it has completed deployment of the Togolese branch of Google's Equiano Cable for CSquared Woezon.
ZTE Corporation, a provider of information and communication technology solutions, and operator Bitel Peru say they have successfully completed the extensive deployment of a 100K HHPP FTTH (homes passed / fibre to the home) network, utilising ZTE's innovative Light ODN solution.
Malaysian operator CelcomDigi has struck a deal with property developer I-Berhad to accelerate digital development of its ‘i-City’ smart city project, starting with lots of fibre.
The growing importance of fibre connectivity in India is underlined by a new deal this week between India’s Tata Play Fiber and infrastructure tech giant Nokia.
Google Cloud has revealed plans to build two new transpacific subsea cables for the South Pacific connecting Fiji and French Polynesia to the United States and Australia.
The Chilean government has signed an agreement with development bank CAF to begin feasibility studies for an undersea fibre cable linking it to the Antarctic.
Nokia has collaborated with Pakistani fixed-line provider Cybernet to deploy the country’s first DWDM network operating at 600Gbps per wavelength.
Hawe Telekom has selected Infinera’s ICE6 800G coherent solution to deliver high-capacity wholesale services to network operators in Poland.
DZS has completed the first phases of a live pilot solution deployment of its flagship Velocity fibre access portfolio within Orange’s production network in Poland.
Paratus, a provider of ICT network solutions, fibre, and satellite connectivity, has launched what it calls two game-changing cross-border fibre links enhancing connectivity for Mozambique.
CSquared has selected Adtran’s FSP 3000 open optical transport technology to bring high-speed broadband services to Togo.
Nokia revealed on Tuesday that it has built a new 400G national optical backbone network for Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), a.k.a du.
Telecom Egypt, one of the largest subsea cables operators in its region, and 4iG, a Budapest-based telecommunications and IT group, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to link Egypt and Albania via a point-to-point high-capacity subsea cable.
Tanzania and Uganda have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to integrate their national information and communication technology (ICT) networks in a deal said to be worth US$28.8 million.
Telkom Indonesia’s Patara-2 submarine cable system, supplied by NEC, is now complete and operational.
The announcement from telecom giant Orange of the launch recently of Sophie Germain, its new cable ship, has been picked up with some enthusiasm in the African technology press.
Allo Technology is implementing Infinera’s ICE-X intelligent coherent pluggables and XTM Series to boost its nationwide optical network and expand services across Malaysia.
Subsea cable developments continue to make headlines, with two more news stories just announced, this time relating to Asia Direct Cable (ADC) and Trans Europe Asia System (TEAS).
Service provider du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, has announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cinturion, a global provider of scalable, subsea and terrestrial capacity-based network solutions, to land the Centurion subsea cable known as the Trans Europe Asia System (TEAS) in the UAE.
Gambia’s minister for Communication and Digital Economy has confirmed that the country has secured funding for a second submarine cable, as part of the WADI project funded by the World Bank.
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