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Africa: EASSy Upgrades Design Capacity To 10 Tbps

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Kenya: Kenya’s International Bandwidth Reaches 357 Gbps, June 2013

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Liberia: Liberia’s International Bandwidth Reaches 775 Mbps

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Swaziland: SPTC Increases International Bandwidth To 512 Mbps, 31 March 2012

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Egypt: MCIT Launches Northern Terrestrial Fibre Route in Alexandria to Secure Submarine Cables

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Uganda: Google Launches Metropolitan Fibre Network In Kampala, Uganda

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Somalia: WIOCC and Dalkom Somalia Announce Launch of International Connectivity On EASSy From Mogadishu From Q1 2014

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South Africa: FibreCo Announces Launch Of 2,000-Km Fibre Network Interconnecting Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London and Cape Town

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Somalia: Liquid Telecom Builds Somalia’s First Cross-Border Fibre Link Connecting Hormuud Telecom

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Africa’s International Bandwidth Jumps To 1.479 Tbps

Africa’s international Internet bandwidth sailed past the 1 Tbps mark during 2012, and jumped by 84% to reach 1.479 Tbps by December 2012. Africa previously reached 802 Gbps in December 2011 (Africa’s International Bandwidth Approaches 1 Tbps Mark), 500 Gbps in December 2010 (see Africa’s International Bandwidth Reaches 500 Gbps Mark), and the 100 Gbps mark during 2008. The increase seen during 2012 was driven principally by growth across Sub-Saharan Africa: the total of 1.479 Tbps was split between Sub Saharan Africa, which increased by 127% to reach 821 Gbps by December 2012, and North Africa which increased by 50% to reach 658 Gbps. Africa Telecom Transmission Map 2013/4 This figure of 821 Gbps for Sub-Saharan Africa is still just a fraction of the total design capacity of 25.8 Tbps on the 16 submarine cables which now serve the region. The most notable increase was in Kenya, with the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) reporting total used inbound bandwidth of 328.641... Read More →


South Africa: PRASA To Lease Excess Fibre Capacity Along South African Railway Lines

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DRC: PCCW Global Provides Direct Submarine Cable Access To DRC Via West Africa Cable System (WACS)

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Africa: Airtel Launches ‘Africa Connect’ To Enhance Connectivity To Africa

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Tanzania: Liquid Telecom Signs Partnership Agreement With TTCL

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Burundi: Burundi Backbone System (BBS) Launches First Phase Of National Fibre Network

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