North Korea boosts 3G telecoms network with Huawei castoffs
According to a report by Daily NK, North Korea has initiated the import of second-hand Huawei equipment in a bid to upgrade its existing mobile networks. The upgrade focuses on…
Colt Technology Services expands into Africa with Lumen EMEA $1.8b acquisition
Colt Technology Services has completed the acquisition of Lumen's EMEA business for $1.8 billion. The deal, which was first announced last year, will see Colt expand its digital infrastructure and…
Liquid Intelligent Cloud platform, C2 gets new boss
Pan-African technology group, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, has announced the appointment of Oswald Jumira as the CEO of Liquid C2 business unit. Jumira is expected to drive Liquid C2’s growth, innovation…
Tizeti secures debt financing to fuel broadband rollout
Tizeti Network Limited (Tizeti), West Africa's pioneer solar-based internet service provider, has secured long-term debt financing from Chapel Hill Denham's Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF) to support its broadband rollout…
Label telecoms infrastructure critical national infrastructure, industry charges the government
Industry leaders at the 2023 edition of the Nigerian Peering & Interconnection Forum (ngPIF), hosted by the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and the Nigerian Network Operators Group (NNOG)…
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Starlink applies to launch 30,000 W-band LEO satellites
SpaceX's Starlink unit is planning to deploy thousands of W-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites as part of its satellite internet network. The network, known as ESIAFI II, will consist…
Improved regulation to boost Nigeria’s internet traffic by 1000% in five years, industry stakeholders say
Stakeholders in Nigeria's digital infrastructure industry have called for improved regulation to support the sector's growth, forecasting that internet traffic in the country could increase by 1000% in the next…
Rwanda claims world’s first 5G HAP trials in partnership with SoftBank
The Government of Rwanda has partnered with SoftBank Corporation to successfully test SoftBank's proprietary 5G communications payload in the stratosphere, using solar-powered High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) unmanned aerial vehicle…
Kenyan telecom regulator boss resigns amidst abuse allegations
The embattled Director General (DG) of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), who was under suspension for alleged misconduct and financial improprieties within the organization's Sh662.4 million mortgage program for…
Medallion completes rebrand to Digital Realty, opens new data center in Lagos
Medallion Data Centres Limited, Nigeria's leading carrier-neutral data center operator, has announced it has completed its rebrand to Digital Realty and is now part of the Digital Realty group of…