Asteroid lands in Mombasa
18 February 2020
Located Mombasa, the Asteroid IXP will enable much improved internet interconnection in east Africa
Asteroid International, the global interconnection platform innovator, has launched a state-of-the-art and highly automated Internet Exchange Point (IXP) solution in Kenya’s oldest city.
Located in the modern, hyper connected, carrier neutral icolo facilities in Mombasa, the Asteroid IXP will enable much improved internet interconnection in east Africa and support the region’s strong digital growth.
Find out more Algeria and Mauritania in fibre optic link up
18 February 2020
Algeria has completed a 75km cross-border fibre-optic network link with Mauritania.
The deployment of the section was announced by Algeria’s minister of post, telecommunications, technology and digitalisation, Houda Imane Faraoun.
Algeria is progressively forging links with other markets, having recently completed a 440km terrestrial fibre route over its southern border into Niger in November of last year.
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Nigerian telecom services ‘one of the best in the world’
18 February 2020
The quality of telecom services provided by Nigerian operators is up there with the best in the world, according to the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators (ALTON).
Its chairman, Engr Gbenga Adebayo, also said despite the extremely high operating costs of providing such services in the west African nation, the telecom industry is the only sector in which prices have remained stable.
“In the first place, we make bold to state that the quality of telecoms services in Nigeria is amongst the best in comparable jurisdictions,” Adebayo said in a statement.
Find out more Uganda now blocking fake devices
18 February 2020
Local media also reported that while the machine will not stop counterfeit phones already in use, it will prevent operation of new fake handsets
Uganda has taken major steps to prevent the use of counterfeit phones by installing a central equipment identity registry.
The move by Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) came on the back of an increased influx of fake mobile handsets into Ugandan market in late 2019.
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