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- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 18 Sept 2018
MainOne, Orange Deal Targets Cable Extension into Francophone West Africa
MainOne partnership with French Telecoms company, Orange will see the French telecoms giant co-invest in two new cable landing stations in Dakar, Senegal and Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire while 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…
- 19 Apr 2026
WATRA Secretary sees Resilience as a Critical Link in West Africa’s Digital Economy
Aliyu Aboki, Executive Secretary of WATRA has applauded the outcome of the International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit 2026 in Porto, Portugal, where infrastructure operators, regulators,…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 16 Jan 2015
MainOne Launches MDX-i, West Africa’s Premier Tier III Data Center
MainOne, Nigeria’s leading provider of innovative telecom services and network solutions for businesses in West Africa, on Thursday announced the opening of its premier Tier III Lekki Data Center to…
- 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,…
- 29 Jan 2020
MainOne Explains Recent Internet Glitches in West Africa
In an age where internet connectivity is the bedrock for day to day activities such as banking, access to social and government services, have we considered what will happen if our internet…
- 24 Apr 2018
MainOne’s West Africa Expansion Gets Boost with Cote D’Ivoire License
As part of its West Africa expansion, connectivity and data centre solutions operator MainOne has secured a license to expand national and international connectivity services in Cote D’Ivoire. The…
- 13 May 2024
MainOne Restates Commitment to Powering West Africa's Digital Ecosystem, Repairs its Submarine Cable
MainOne, an Equinix Company, has concluded the repair of its submarine cable following an outage which occurred on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Working closely with regional partners, maintenance…
- 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 Sept 2024
West Africa’s Data Centre Market – Growth Requires Skills, and OEMs can Help
By Faith Waithaka, With some of Africa’s biggest data centre providers now based in West Africa, it would be safe to say that the region is going that an era of tremendous and even unprecedented…
- 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…
- 25 Mar 2014
PCCW, Phase3 Ink Deal on West Africa Communications Solutions
PCCW Global, a Hong Kong based international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecom service provider, has signed a collaborative agreement with Phase3 Telecom, a West African market…
- 16 Nov 2015
MainOne Upgrades Submarine Cable Network to 100G with Xtera
MainOne, West Africa’s leading Communications Services and Data Center provider on Sunday announced the completion of the upgrade of its submarine cable network between Nigeria, Ghana and Portugal to…
- 10 Jun 2014
TI Sparkle Partners Dolphin Telecom Global IP Backbone Reach in West Africa
TI Sparkle, the International Services arm of Telecom Italia Group, and Dolphin Telecom, on Monday, announced a new partnership for the provision and the development of IP connectivity…
- 14 Feb 2012
MainOne Decry Poor Infrastructure, Invests for Broadband Penetration
MainOne Cable, West Africa’s first open access submarine fibre optic cable system has reiterated its determined to adequately service the huge market potential in Nigeria and its sub-regional…
- 10 Jul 2013
Internet Solutions Connects Nigeria, Nambia to WACS
Internet Solutions (IS) has said that it has connected Namibia (through its local implementation partner, ITN) and Nigeria to the West Africa Cable System (WACS). The company also plans to light up…
- 24 May 2020
2Africa, New Subsea Cable for Internet Connectivity in Africa Debuts
2Africa, touted as the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region is expected to go live between 2023 and 2024. The cable system is product joint effort by…
- 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…
- 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…
- 15 Mar 2024
Telcos Apologise for Internet Service Outage, Assure of Ongoing Repairs
Telecommunications operators in Nigeria have apologised to users for outages on their different networks caused by damage to multiple submarine cables along the West African Coast. Gbenga Adebayo,…
- 29 Mar 2022
Liquid Lands Capacity of Subsea Cable Equiano in Nigeria, South Africa
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits,…
- 5 Dec 2024
Aliyu Aboki Appointed to Global Submarine Cable Resilience Advisory Body
West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) has announced that Mr. Aliyu Aboki, its executive secretary, has been appointed as a member of the International Advisory Body for Submarine…