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  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

    Seacom launches on Equiano

    Seacom buys bandwidth on Google's massive undersea cable Seacom has launched services on the Google-owned Equiano undersea cable, promising private lines with latencies of 110 milliseconds between South Africa and Europe. The company says this is the fastest direct route between the continents.
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Jan

    Google announces cloud region for South Africa

    Google launching first African cloud region — and it's based in South Africa Google has confirmed that it will launch its first Cloud region in Africa, choosing South Africa as its base of operations. This is according to Google's Cloud Leader for Africa, Niral Patel, who spoke at the tech...
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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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  8. Jan

    Openserve says Equiano capacity upgradable from 12Tbps to 16Tbps

    Openserve gets capacity on Google's monster undersea cable Openserve has confirmed that it will have access to a fibre pair on Google’s Equiano undersea cable system. Each fibre pair offers 12 terabits per second (Tbps) of capacity, and the cable has twelve fibre pairs.
  9. Jan

    Google's Equiano subsea cable lands in South Africa

    Google's massive 144 Tbps undersea cable lands in South Africa Google has landed its Equiano undersea cable at Telkom’s facility in Melkbosstrand, WIOCC has announced. WIOCC owns one of Equiano’s 12 terabit-per-second (Tbps) fibre pairs and was Google’s landing partner in Lagos, Nigeria.
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    • Replies: 20
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  10. Jan

    Google hiring in South Africa - 15 jobs including peering, network acquisition, and YouTube Music

    Google advertising 15 jobs in South Africa — including one for YouTube Music Google is advertising 15 jobs based in Johannesburg, South Africa, including cloud computing, legal, recruiting, and marketing positions. The company has more than 155,000 employees worldwide, and following declined...
  11. Jan

    Google's Equiano undersea cable lands in Namibia

    Equiano undersea Internet cable steps closer to landing in South Africa Paratus Group has announced that it has landed Google’s Equiano submarine Internet cable in Swakopmund, Namibia. Equiano’s Swakopmund landing comes three months after it came ashore in Lagos, Nigeria.
  12. Jan

    Equiano lands in Nigeria - hopes to be in South Africa in later 2022

    Google's undersea cable one step closer to South Africa Google’s Equiano subsea cable has landed in Lagos, Nigeria — its second in a series of landings on the African continent. “We are partnering with multiple key telecom players, including our landing party, the West Indian Ocean Cable...
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  13. Jan

    Liquid acquires fibre pair on Equiano

    South African network operator lands capacity on Google's undersea cable Liquid Intelligent Technologies has announced that it acquired a fibre pair on Google's Equiano subsea cable. The fibre pair will allow it to transport traffic up to 12 Tbps and bring a much-needed increase in...
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