Intelligent Cabling
Ekinops selected by Bandwidth & Cloud Services Group to deliver network backbone for next-gen connectivity in Africa
Ekinops, a leading optical transport and network access specialist, has announced that it has been selected by telecom infrastructure provider, Bandwidth & Cloud Services Group (BCS), for its network backbone upgrade, which will enhance connectivity throughout Africa. BCS is a Pan-African...
Panduit to expand OneMode capabilities on multimode fibre
Panduit has extended the fibre capabilities of OneMode – its 1U rack-mounted device that offers a passive media converter to leverage legacy multimode fibre backbone and significantly increases bandwidth across fibre infrastructures. OneMode extends data reach out to 800m and up to 5000m,...
Teraco announces regional interconnection with Google Equiano cable
Teraco, one of Africa’s largest providers of interconnected data centre platforms, is now an integral connectivity and interconnection point for Google’s Equiano subsea cable. Equiano starts in Europe and runs along the West Coast of Africa, between Lisbon in Portugal and Cape Town in...
Subsea cable connectivity: the key to accelerating Digital Transformation
A number of subsea cables are currently under construction in Africa. CEO, Corridor Africa, Matone Ditlhake, explores the benefits of subsea cables and how they can be used to embrace Digital Transformation. Subsea cable connectivity is the key to accelerating Digital Transformation in Africa....
Features
New tech could accelerate the pace of high-speed fibre spreading in SA
Demand for high-speed fibre Internet access is growing at a rapid pace among South African consumers and businesses as fibre to the home...
Insights
ICT infrastructure a barrier to data centre adoption in Africa
To help Africa realise the benefits of the data economy, more data centres in the region are urgently needed. However, building data...
Ageing networks can hamper cloud performance
The cloud, IoT and even hyperconverged infrastructure require a robust and solid network to relay the information to and from the data...
SUSE expert on what strategies you need when adopting the public cloud
What strategies should organisations have in place when adopting the public cloud? By Matthew Lee, Regional Manager for Africa at SUSE...
Making smart infrastructure installations on a tight IT budget
When it comes to the purchase of data network, communications and other IT infrastructure, it’s often tempting to buy cheap,...
Case Studies
CommScope delivers site-sharing solutions to Tunisia’s largest wireless carrier
Rooftops and towers are already overloaded but need to implement site sharing solutions to expedite network improvements for meeting...