Category Archives: Infrastructure

Flaw in Times fibre-optic cable map found

Posted on 14/05/2013 by keithw

The Times newspaper (of London) has published a world fibre optic cable map this week, and right in the middle of the page is a cable that doesn’t exist! In the Saturday Technology section Will McQuhae provides a map filling … Continue reading →

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Kenya sees international Internet bandwidth rise more than eleven-fold

Posted on 24/02/2012 by keithw

24 February 2012 Kenya’s telecommunications and broadband market is undergoing a revolution following the arrival of three fibre optic international submarine cables (Seacom, TEAMS and EASSy), ending its dependency on limited and expensive satellite bandwidth. The country’s international bandwidth increased … Continue reading →

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Basic challenges for infrastructure in Africa

Posted on 16/02/2012 by keithw

The obvious notes about remote locations, difficult transport routes and unreliable electricity are just the tip of the iceberg. MNOs in many parts of Africa face other problems. Broadly speaking, the problems that operators face in Africa are well documented: … Continue reading →

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Are Tower Infrastructure Companies the way forward in Africa?

Posted on 23/06/2011 by keithw

Just over a year ago Bharti Airtel snapped up the African assets of Zain, and almost immediately announced a series of measures to improve the profitability and viability of its newly acquired properties; one of which was to be the … Continue reading →

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