SSE Enterprise Telecoms, one of the UK’s leading connectivity suppliers, has announced a technical partnership with Synaptec, an innovative provider of monitoring technology for electrical power networks. Deploying Synaptec’s unique passive sensor networks into existing fibre infrastructure means SSE Enterprise Telecoms will be ideally positioned to deliver greater visibility and control of increasingly complex and distributed […]

A route that would normally take more than 60 hours to drive in a car can now be done in about 31 milliseconds on the new Paratus Africa fibre network that stretches from the West coast to the East coast of Africa. The Trans-Kalahari Fiber (TKF) network extends 4,160 kilometres from the West Africa Cable […]

Nexans, a leader in advanced cabling systems, solutions and services, has completed the final type-test to qualify its state-of-the-art 420 kV XLPE subsea cable for installation at a world record depth of 550 metres. The cable type-testing, carried out by Nexans Norway, is a vital preparation for a project to create a subsea power interconnector […]

Conforming to the latest industry standard, R&M’s Cat. 8.1 solution for data centre and office LAN applications supports up to 40GbE while maintaining backward compatibility.  Marking a significant advancement for the cabling industry, R&M, the globally active developer and provider of cabling systems for high-quality network infrastructures, has launched its universal Cat. 8.1 cabling system. […]

Sparkle, a leading international service provider in Italy and among the top 10 global operators, has announced it has moved its Djibouti Point of Presence (PoP) into the Djibouti Data Center (DDC) selecting it as Sparkle’s IP hub for its expansion to East and South Africa. The Djibouti Data Center is the first Tier 3 carrier-neutral data […]

Google has introduced Equiano, a new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe. Once complete, Equiano will start in western Europe and run along the West Coast of Africa, between Portugal and South Africa, with branching units along the way that can be used to extend connectivity to additional African countries. The first […]

Storex, specialists in multi-vendor infrastructure lifecycle extension management, says that on average, most displaced OEM estates have not even reached 40% of the potential capacity before being replaced. Jan Beukes, CEO and founder, says that throughout the Middle East and Africa, many organisations have a surplus of infrastructure capacity that is not being optimised properly. […]

The cloud, IoT and even hyperconverged infrastructure require a robust and solid network to relay the information to and from the data centre they are connected to. But an old, legacy network can severely hamper this and lead to downtime and sub-standard connections, which is why Netshield South Africa is offering businesses an alternative, to […]

Gobabis now has lightning fast reliable fibre Internet access. Paratus Africa, a private telecommunications operator in Namibia, is offering its standard range of fibre packages to Gobabis businesses and residents. Paratus recently completed a national fibre project, connecting from the WACS landing station in Swakopmund eastward to the border of Botswana and dropped off in […]

Nokia is helping Ooredoo Algeria take the first step towards next generation networks and reinforce its technology leadership in the region with the successful deployment of North Africa’s first virtualised Mobile Gateway. This is a crucial step for the migration of core network elements to the cloud and paves the way for the transformation of […]