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- 10 Nov 2013
21st Century Technologies, AT&T Cabling System Ink Deal to Upgrade Fibre Optic Cable
21st Century Technologies Ltd. has signed an agreement with AT&T Cabling Systems to upgrade its fibre optic cable infrastructure in Nigeria’s main metropolitan business districts. This…
- 15 Sept 2018
Orange Invests in MainOne Submarine Cable System
Orange has confirmed "a major investment" in West Africa submarine cable system, MainOne. MainOne's current cable system comprises a 7 000km submarine cable, which was launched in 2010 and has…
- 22 Apr 2017
Cable System Connecting Africa & Americas Creates New Route For Internet Traffic
Taking a step closer to completing a valuable new route for the global telecommunications sector, Angola Cables has announced the completion of the marine survey for the South Atlantic Cable System…
- 28 Apr 2017
Work Begins on Cable System Connecting Africa with Americas
A marine survey has been completed for the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), meaning work can begin on the system that will connect the west coast of Africa with the Americas. SACS, which is…
- 12 Jan 2016
Nigeria-Cameroon Submarine Cable System Goes Live
MainOne, a leading telecoms and network services provider in West Africa, has announced that the high capacity Nigerian-Cameroun Submarine Cable System (NCSCS) connecting Lagos, Nigeria and Kribi,…
- 8 Dec 2008
Main One, N5.6Bn Cable System Gets Nigeria, Ghana Licenses
Main One cable, the over N5.6 billion sub-marine optic fibre cable which will link African nations with their counterparts in the rest of the globe has achieved major breakthroughs after obtaining…
- 4 Aug 2015
Huawei Begins Nigeria-Cameroon Submarine Cable System Installation
Huawei Marine Networks Co. Ltd. (Huawei Marine), a global submarine network provider, has announced that it has commenced marine installation of the Nigeria-Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCS).…
- 18 Nov 2020
Djoliba, New Submarine Cable System to Connect Nigeria, 7 Others
Orange, French telecoms firm is championing Djoliba , a new submarine cable system that is expected to boost Internet access across West Africa will connect Nigeria with Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire,…
- 21 Sept 2018
TE SubCom Chosen to Extend MainOne Cable System to Francophone Region
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, today announced that it has secured a contract from leading connectivity and data center…
- 30 Aug 2019
MainOne Submarine Cable Systems Scheduled to Land in Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire
Making good on the strategic partnership with Orange Telecoms and its West African Affiliates (Sonatel and Orange Cote d’Ivoire) signed in September 2018, MainOne has confirmed the scheduled landing…
- 5 Feb 2013
Lagos, Ropeway Join Forces for $500m Cable Car Transport System
Ropeways Transport Limited and Lagos State Government have signed of a 30-year agreement for the establishment of a $500 million cable car mass urban transit system in the emerging city to ease…
- 8 Nov 2017
SACS Begins the Deep-Water Installation
South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), the first submarine cable system across the South Atlantic is in the final stretch of its installation between Africa and South America. Angola Cables, the…
- 12 Apr 2018
Africa to US Subsea Cable Coming Soon
The first direct subsea fibre-optic cable system that will connect SA to Brazil, and eventually to the US, is set for commercial launch in 2020, according to Seaborn Networks COO Andy Bax. The…
- 15 Sept 2010
Broadband: WACS Battles Main One, Glo 1 with Price
West Africa Cable System (WACS), the submarine communications cable linking South Africa with the United Kingdom along the West Coast of Africa is planning an aggressive entry strategy including…
- 28 Sept 2014
Internet Users Cope by Cursing in Sea of Bandwidth
The available bandwidth in Nigeria is potentially infinite. In fact, it is safer to say that Nigeria is swimming in an ocean of bandwidth with the avalanche of undersea cable systems, each with…
- 10 Aug 2018
Airtel Diversifies to Grow Operations in Africa, Others
Bharti Airtel and Egyptian service provider Telecom Egypt have entered into strategic deal that would allow the former Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) on Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable…
- 16 Jun 2014
Nigerians Thirsty in Ocean of Broadband Internet
As it stands today, the available bandwidth in Nigeria is potentially infinite. In fact, it is safer to say that Nigeria is swimming in an ocean of bandwidth with the avalanche of undersea cable…
- 23 Oct 2015
Nigerians “Thirsty in Ocean of Broadband”
As it stands today, the available bandwidth in Nigeria is potentially infinite. In fact, it is safer to say that Nigeria is swimming in an ocean of bandwidth with the avalanche of undersea cable…
- 7 May 2012
Blessing & Curse of Undersea Cable Initiatives
Officially, Nigeria is swimming in an ocean of bandwidth with the avalanche of undersea cable systems each with landing points on the shores of the country but many Nigerians are still without a drop…
- 30 Jun 2018
Undersea Cables Everywhere, No Internet for Nigerians
Many Nigerians are still without reliable, fast and affordable broadband internet services; as lack of carrier-neutral; “Right of Way” permits; frequent fibre cuts; and dearth of last mile…
- 15 Jun 2010
Nigeria, Others Prepare for Broadband Banquet
By the end of 2011, the entire continent of Africa will be connected to no fewer than nine undersea broadband cable initiatives that would serve as Africa’s innovation catalysts, Nigeria…
- 26 Mar 2024
Cable Cut:–WIOCC Restores 2.5 Terabytes of Capacity, 100 Links
WIOCC, leading player in the deployment of carrier-scale, future-proofed network infrastructure into Africa, has said that as at Monday, it has been able to bring up over two and a half terabytes of…
- 29 Feb 2024
MainOne Lands 2Africa Cable in Nigeria
MainOne, a West African data centre provider, has landed the 2Africa submarine cable system in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. The company says this marks a significant milestone in enhancing broadband…
- 1 Sept 2008
East African Cable Project Underway
Construction has started on the East African Submarine Cable System (EASCS), a landmark fibre-optic cable project that will connect 21 African countries to each other and the rest of the world with…
- 8 Feb 2010
Operators Scrabble for MainOne Bandwidth
Ahead of the anticipated landing of MainOne submarine cable sometime in June this year, telecommunications operators are now scrabbling for bandwidth from the undersea cable, Nigeria…
- 18 Sept 2013
Dolphin Telecom to Land $700m ACE Cable in Nigeria
Dolphin Telecom, a global communications carrier and operator of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable system in West Africa has announced that it would land the $700 million submarine…
- 26 Jan 2015
NITEL Loses $6m to SAT-3 Shut Down
Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), part owners of South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable (SAT-3), has lost some $6million in the last 18 months due to a cut at the Nigerian end…
- 18 Jun 2024
Airtel Telesonic Launches Submarine Cable
Airtel Telesonic, the wholesale arm of Airtel Africa, has announced the activation of the 2Africa Submarine Cable System, marking a significant milestone in enhancing connectivity across the African…
- 27 Dec 2012
Nigerians Starving in Broadband Feast- Opeke
Ms Funke Opeke, chief executive officer, Main One Cable Company, owners of Main One undersea cable system has said that the major setback to broadband penetration is lack of infrastructure and urged…
- 30 Aug 2016
Gilat Satcom Takes Fiber Operations to Ghana
Gilat Satcom, a leading provider of satellite and fiber-based connectivity services in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, on Tuesday announced that it is expanding its operations in Ghana to meet the…