2africa

  1. Jan

    Don't shout at your ISP or Disney+ too much over WACS cable break problems

    Slow Internet in South Africa — Who to blame Although it seems logical to blame Internet service providers and platform operators like Disney+ for badly performing online services in South Africa, they aren’t the main culprits for the country’s current connectivity problems. Internet users in...
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  3. Jan

    WIOCC lands 2Africa at Amanzimtoti

    World's longest undersea fibre cable lands in Amanzimtoti The West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC) expects to land the Facebook-backed, 45,000km-long 2Africa undersea fibre cable at Amanzimtoti near Durban on Monday, according to reports. This comes after successful landings at Yzerfontein...
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  4. Jan

    2Africa's landing sites in South Africa

    Where Facebook's massive 2Africa cable will land in South Africa Facebook's 2Africa undersea cable will land at three sites in South Africa and will substantially increase South Africa's international Internet capacity. The three sites include Duynefontein in the Western Cape, Mtunzini in...
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  5. Jan

    2Africa subsea cable lands at Duynefontein

    Photos of MTN GlobalConnect's 2Africa undersea cable landing in South Africa The world’s longest undersea cable, 2Africa, has made landfall at Duynefontein near Cape Town. MTN GlobalConnect officially announced the landing on Tuesday. It brought the cable to shore last week. --- Facebook's...
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  6. Jan

    OADC announces three core data centres in South Africa

    Open Access Data Centres building three core data centres for South Africa Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has announced the launch of data centres in Lagos, Nigeria and Johannesburg, South Africa. The company said it is also completing the phase 2 expansion of its Durban facility, and is busy...
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  7. Jan

    Why Google and Facebook are building big undersea cables to South Africa

    International fibre bandwidth explosion in South Africa Submarine fibre cable systems landing in South Africa will help improve Internet capacity in the country while letting the big players behind them get more customers onto their apps or ecosystems. This is according to BluNOVA CEO Suveer...
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. J

    New undersea Internet cable for Africa - All the details

    New undersea Internet cable for Africa - All the details China Mobile, Facebook, MTN, Orange, Vodafone, and WIOCC recently announced they had established a consortium to roll out and run an undersea fibre cable called 2Africa. With many of these companies holding stakes in the West Africa...
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