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  1. 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.
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  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...
  6. 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.
  7. Jan

    South Africa's data centre growth

    Growth of data centres in South Africa South Africa's data centre market is growing rapidly, with industry players building bigger and more advanced data centres. The list of companies with facilities in the country continues to grow after Teraco kicked off South Africa's carrier-neutral data...
  8. Jan

    Ayotunde Coker appointed as Open Access Data Centres boss

    Open Access Data Centres appoints CEO Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has appointed Ayotunde Coker as its new CEO. OADC said Coker's leadership would support and accelerate the construction and operation of a pan-African network of Tier III certified data centre facilities and a unique...
  9. 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...
  10. jes

    South African networks mum on NSA spying

    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
  11. jes

    Cable breaks caused wide disruption: EASSy

    Cable breaks caused wide disruption: EASSy EASSy explains that the impact of the recent cable breaks in the Mediterranean Sea has been widespread
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