CSquared to explore open fibre optic backbone in 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.

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SES to buy Intelsat

30 April 2024

SES S.A. and Intelsat S.A. have announced an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l. for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion and certain contingent value rights.

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Moving forward with mission critical services certification

25 April 2024

Ensuring that mission critical services over broadband networks are actually mission critical is a complex process.

First responders and other users of critical communications services need to have full trust in their voice, video, and data applications in what could be life-threatening situations. 

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Kenya fast tracks 100,000km fibre plan to two years

22 April 2024

Kenya believes that an ambitious goal of deploying 100,000km of fibre to underserved areas in five years can now be accomplished within the next two.

The government revised the traditional practice of laying cables on the ground in favour of using existing infrastructure from the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) to connect citizens to the internet. Fibre cables would therefore run alongside electrical lines.

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