Equiano's landing is good news for South Africa's fibre networks
Google's Equiano cable landed in Melkbosstrand in Cape Town on 8 August 2022, and the additional undersea capacity promises several benefits to South African fibre network operators (FNOs) and their customers.
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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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Suveer Ramdhani — From building Seacom to creating a new AI engine
Former Seacom executive Suveer Ramdhani is one of South Africa's unsung heroes who played a pivotal role in making uncapped broadband possible.
Ramdhani's professional journey started at Eskom as a project manager after...
More national bandwidth required in South Africa
Undersea cable systems in South Africa can provide terabits of bandwidth, and the bottleneck is now national backhaul capacity
Suveer Ramdhani is the Head of Product Strategy at Seacom LTD.
He was previously advisor and senior manager at Fevertree consulting. Suveer participated on a series of strategy projects in the telecommunications, construction, petroleum and banking industries. He currently leads the...