Who will buy Vox Telecom?
Vox Telecom expects an acquisition deal to be concluded by the end of the year – here are some of the prominent companies which may buy Vox
Expect some Internet disruptions tomorrow
Seacom maintenance is expected to result in slower connectivity and higher latency for South African Internet users
South African networks mum on NSA spying
An analysis by Priority One Security, published in its “Sniffmap”, suggested that 60% of the telecommunications routes in South Africa may be intercepted by the NSA
eastern africa submarine cable system (eassy)
headline
internet solutions
neotel
priority one security (p1sec)
seacom
sniffmap
tata communications
telkom
west africa cable system (wacs)
west indian ocean cable company (wiocc)
Seacom downtime impact clearly illustrated
Akamai’s latest State of the Internet Report reports illustrates the impact on Seacom’s downtime on Internet usage
MWEB ADSL Seacom problems
Multiple South African fibre breaks are affecting MWEB’s Seacom international bandwidth, causing slow international ADSL access
Seacom cable network successfully repaired (23 April 2013)
The Seacom cable network was successfully repaired on 20 April; all circuits restored to the core network
East African JINX presence helps with Seacom problems
Liquid Telecom has commissioned a gigabit circuit between Kenya and South Africa to alleviate Seacom issues
Seacom services restored but problems remain
Seacom has restored all services and full capacity on both SMW4 and IMEWE cable systems, but some problems remain