07 May 2024

Mladen Vratonjić, Board chair, TCCA

In today’s time, full of security challenges and unexpected situations, both those caused by man and those where nature plays the main role and which affect everyday life and business, it has been proven time and time again, all around the world, that having robust and reliable communications systems is essential when managing major events, whether planned or unplanned.

TCCA’s Critical Communications World (CCW), the most significant world event dedicated exclusively to critical communications, is coming this year to the region, to Dubai. CCW aims to bring closer and showcase the best in critical communications, from products and services to case studies and future technologies across narrowband and broadband networks, for visitors around the world, and especially from the Middle East and Africa.

02 May 2024

CSquared has signed a grant agreement with the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for carrying out of a feasibility study for the construction of a transcontinental open access fibre optic backbone in Africa. The infrastructure is expected to help connect millions more people to the internet on the continent.

The feasibility study will include an assessment of potential fibre optic routes across the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. It will also assess the expansion of fibre network infrastructure along the backbone and the extension of last mile connections to towers, businesses, and homes.