Lightstruck to advance Windhoek’s City Link initiative
22 July 2024
Lightstruck has entered into an agreement with the Namibian City of Windhoek’s City Link initiative to advance the city’s fibre network commercialisation efforts.
City Link is a dedicated business unit established within the City of Windhoek entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the commercialisation of the fibre network.
Find out more TIS to help MSTelecom strengthen infrastructure
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17 July 2024
MSTelecom has signed a partnership agreement with local systems integrator TIS to strengthen its telecoms infrastructure.
According to Willian de Oliveira, CEO of TIS, the two companies will initially focus on the implementation and management of data centres and telecommunications services. They will later extend the collaboration to the areas of research and development, cybersecurity and systems.
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Congo partners with Silicon Connect to modernise fibre network
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16 July 2024
The Congolese government has partnered with Silicone Connect to modernise the national fibre optic network.
The first phase of the project, the South backbone, was received by Léon Juste Ibombo, minister of posts, telecommunications and the Digital Economy and was carried out in partnership with Nokia.
Find out more Guinea and Mali to interconnect fibre networks
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04 July 2024
Guinea and Mali plan to interconnect their fibre optic networks - an agreement was signed between the Guinea National Backbone Management and Operation Company (SOGEB) and the Malian Transmission and Diffusion Company (SMTD).
The countries aim to strengthen their national ICT infrastructure in a context marked by recurring disruptions to the Internet network caused by incidents on international links. Guinea currently has only one international submarine cable, although discussions are underway for a second link.
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