MÉTISS a 3,200 kilometre subsea fibre optic cable system connecting South Africa to the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius has boosted regional interconnection. The availability of a new cable servicing the Indian Ocean Islands region widens the addressable market for content and cloud providers in South Africa and adds new resilience to […]
Bulk Infrastructure, one of the Nordics’ leading providers of ultra-scalable, highly connected, sustainable data centres and fibre networks, has announced completion of the Marine Survey for the HAVSIL submarine cable between Kristiansand in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark. All key supply contracts are signed and installation will begin this summer. The ready-for-service date is scheduled […]
As bandwidth speeds continue to increase apace, high speed optic applications have become omnipresent in today’s high-performance data centre, requiring enhanced capabilities at the rack level. Panduit has launched the CS Connector, its next-generation high-density fibre connector solution that optimises the data centre environment. Complex applications including AI, Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) […]
Africa’s technology capabilities are rapidly progressing and it is largely down to the efforts of companies such as Teraco and Africa Data Centres. We hear how both data centre companies are working to ensure Africa can keep up with Digital Transformation demands in the data centre space and how they are enhancing connectivity across the […]
The company fully integrates Leviton-manufactured fiber cable into pre-terminated cable assemblies. Leviton has announced it has consolidated all of its plenum data center fiber cable manufacturing to its Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina facility. This insourcing capability is made possible by its September 2020 acquisition of US cable manufacturer Berk-Tek and makes Leviton a fully integrated company […]
Proximity Data Centres, one of the UK’s fastest growing regional Edge colocation data centre providers, has announced a strategic marketing partnership with ITS, a leading UK wholesale provider of full fibre infrastructure. The partnership follows the announcement of a joint venture between ITS, the Liverpool City Region (LCRCA) and construction partner, NGE, in February. […]
Emtel, a telecoms network operator in Mauritius, has provided the only landing point for the Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (METISS) fibre optic cable in the country. The 3,200 km cable connects Reunion Island, Madagascar and South Africa to Emtel’s ANSI/TIA tier three certified data centre in Arsenal, near Port-Louis, the country’s capital. “METISS is already […]
R&M is set to unveil the latest solutions in its flagship PRIME ODF, Polaris, Netscale and POLAN product ranges at the prestigious CABLEXX 2021, taking place in Egypt from April 5th to 6th, 2021. Participating as a Gold Sponsor at the event, R&M is set to demonstrate its leadership across all three areas of structured […]
Fiber Expressway Pty Ltd has announced Project Koete which includes a high-speed low-latency subsea cable connecting with three data center hubs in Perth, Darwin and Dampier. Fiber Expressway Pty Ltd (FEPL) has unveiled the details of Project Koete, a first-of-its-kind US$1.5 billion technology ecosystem in Western Australia and Northern Territory. Project Koete will provide vital […]
The Raxio Group (‘Raxio’), a premier pan-African data centre developer and operator, has announced that it is establishing and investing in ‘Raxio Kinshasa’, the first in a series of state-of-the-art, privately owned, carrier-neutral, data centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Set to be commissioned in Q2 2022, Raxio Kinshasa will offer its customers an optimised environment for their IT equipment in a state-of-the-art facility built consistent with ‘metro-edge’ principles. It will be fully equipped with industry best in technology, […]
