Paratus completes metro fibre ring around Gaborone
08 June 2023
Paratus Botswana has completed its new metro fibre ring around Gaborone. The fibre network will provide fully secured, high-speed connectivity to businesses and individuals in the area.
Country MD of Paratus Botswana, Shawn Bruwer, says that many of its financial services clients, including leading banks, have already switched over to the new network.
Find out more MTN GC - now Bayobab - delivers 2,000km of new fibre in Q1
07 June 2023
MTN GlobalConnect (MTN GC) - now known as Bayobab since a recent rebranding exercise - rolled out over 2,000km of new fibre in the first quarter of this year, bringing its total inventory of proprietary fibre to over 107,000km.
MTN GC has reported that in its first quarter 2023, it grew external revenue by 17% year-on-year to US$83.6 million, with mobility revenue up by 15.5%. According MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita, during the period, MTN GC signed fixed connectivity infrastructure deals valued at US$2.8 million.
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Orange and Medusa to deploy submarine cables linking Tunisia to France by end of 2025
07 June 2023
Orange Tunisia and Medusa Submarine Cable System, a neutral and independent operator of submarine infrastructure in the Mediterranean, have signed an agreement to deploy a submarine cable linking Tunisia (Bizerte) to Europe, through France (Marseilles).
This cable will be built in compliance with the latest international standards and rules and will benefit all socio-economic actors in Tunisia.
Find out more Liberia to gain high-speed fibre connectivity with CSquared
07 June 2023
CSquared is using FSP 3000 open optical transport technology from Adtran to bring high-speed broadband connectivity to homes and businesses across Liberia.
According to Adtran, the solution enables CSquared to rapidly deploy an open access 350km backbone connecting Liberia to Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire.
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