Intelligent Cabling
$10 billion worth of new cables expected to enter service between 2022 and 2024
Research firm TeleGeography recently launched its 2022 Submarine Cable Map and Africa Telecom Map, providing insight into 486 cable systems and 1,306 landings globally. TeleGeography, a global telecommunications market research and consulting firm, has published its brand new Submarine Cable Map...
Liquid lands capacity of subsea cable Equiano in Nigeria and South Africa
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits, bringing a much-needed increase in international connectivity in...
Angola Cables enters partnership with Cabo Verde Telecom
CVTelecom (Cabo Verde Telecom) and Angola Cables have signed a cooperation agreement to identify synergies to expand connectivity and network capabilities. The strategic partnership will also streamline closer commercial cooperation in the development of customised networking products and...
Siemon demonstrates single-pair Ethernet over 400 metres of balanced twisted pair copper cabling
Siemon, a global network infrastructure specialist, has successfully demonstrated operation of 10BASE-T1L Single-Pair Ethernet (SPE) over 400 metres of category 7A TERA balanced twisted pair copper cabling. Siemon’s fully shielded TERA SPE solution is the first 23 AWG balanced twisted-pair...
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...