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- 14 Mar 2024
Undersea Cable Cuts: NCC Announces Data, Voice Services Disruption Along African West Coast
A combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast, have negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries of…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 22 Dec 2008
Nature, Govt Can Force Collocation- Ayonote
Bruce Ayonote is group chief executive/co- founder, Suburban Telecm, an integrated telecommunications service provider based in Nigeria with operations in Europe and the USA. His experience spans…
- 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…
- 16 Feb 2014
SAT-3 Service Cut Leaves Internet Users Stranded
The growth in the Nigerian internet data market has suffered a major setback as SAT-3, the 15,000km undersea cable which lands in eight West African countries including Nigeria as it winds its way…
- 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…
- 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…
- 14 Sept 2009
Enhancing Telecom Service Delivery Through Glo 1
In spite of the impressive growth rate recorded by telecommunications sector of the country’s economy especially the mobile space, there exist major challenge which has hindered development in…
- 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…
- 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 2012
Nigeria Requires $3Bn to Rejig Broadband
Nigeria’s ambitious broadband plan would require an investment of as much as $3 billion by governments and private sector as well as strong political will to ensure every citizen has access to…
- 24 Jul 2012
Brand Values of Tecno/MTN Partnership
In the world of marketing brand value is synonymous as brand name, based on the idea that the owner of a well-known brand name can leverage on that to generate more money from product aligned to the…
- 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…
- 8 Jun 2009
AfDB Approves $66M for MainOne Undersea Fibre Optic Cable Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved financing of USD 66 million to the Main One Cable Company for developing a submarine fibre optic cable connection…
- 3 Feb 2017
Gilat Satcom Launches One Minute Voice and Data Network
Gilat Satcom on Thursday launched its ‘One Minute Network’, a voice and data network that can be assembled and connected to the company’s global satellite network within one minute. The One Minute…
- 11 Apr 2017
Gilat Satcom Chosen by ICSL to Provide Satellite Connectivity across Nigeria
Gilat Satcom on Monday said that it is now providing satellite connectivity to ICSL’s 200 VSAT sites in Nigeria. Gilat Satcom was chosen following a competitive tender involving multiple providers.…