Countries in East and Southern Africa are currently suffering from an internet outage caused by faults along numerous submarine cables. The cause of the damage is currently unknown.
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This week, pan-African telecoms group Airtel Africa has reported its end of year results, with the company making a loss of the back of ongoing currency devaluation issues.
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Submarine Networks EMEA, the region’s most important subsea connectivity event, is returning to London’s Business Design Centre on 29-30 May.
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Repairs to the damaged Africa cables have faced lengthy delays. Sat-3 was reportedly repaired at the start of April, while repairs to the WACS were only completed on Tuesday.
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According to anonymous sources speaking to Bloomberg, Abu Dhabi-based operator group e& is looking to expand into eastern Europe through the acquisition of international telco United Group.
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The sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed a deal with telco stc, through which PIF will acquire 51% of Telecommunication Towers Company Limited (TAWAL) from stc.
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The operator says it has already spent roughly $140 million on generators to support its mobile base stations, and will spend $101 million more by the midpoint of the year to further shore up the network.
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Insight At this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, we caught up with Ahmet Fethi...
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AXIAN Telecom, one of the leading pan-African telecom groups, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Vivek Badrinath to its Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director (NED).
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VIEWPOINT [Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 28, 2024] stc Group, the leading operator in the Kingdom of...
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The Spanish government says it will look to increase its stake in the country’s largest mobile operator, seeking to counter the influence of Saudi Arabia’s STC
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MTN’s latest financial results were released on Monday, showing a year-on-year fall in net profit by 83% to $221 million, despite a 6.8% uptick in total revenue to $11.7 billion.
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Insight At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, we caught up with the Mauritius Telecom executive...
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Insight At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Total Telecom’s James Page had the...
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A damaged subsea cable has brought major disruption to West Africa, with internet services down or barely accessible across large parts of the region, with Ivory Coast, Liberia and Benin the worst affected.
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This week, official statements from Hong Kong-based HGC Global Communications have confirmed that three submarine cable systems – the Asia-Africa-Europe 1, the Europe India Gateway, and the Seacom-TGN-Gulf systems – have been severed in the Red Sea.
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We caught up with Ahmed Mohamud Yusuf, CEO of Hormuud Telecom and winner of the CEO of the Year Award at the World Communication Awards 2023, to discuss his extraordinary career journey and plans for the future.
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News The move comes just two months after the company announced the creation of new data centre...
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As we enter 2024, the global requirements for fast, secure connectivity continue to accelerate. The developing nations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East are rapidly growing more digital, while the world’s more developed economies continue to grow more data hungry because of emerging technologies like AI.
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Vague threats from Houthi rebels have Yemeni telecoms operators fearing that local submarine cable infrastructure could be in jeopardy.
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