Tag: Connectivity

Seacom announced recently that it had completed repairs to a separate cable break off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal that occurred last month and also impacted the Eassy cable, which runs ...

The South African communications minister recently announced a new policy aimed at preventing companies from hoarding radio frequency spectrum. This new policy, published in the Government Gazette, outlines regulations for ...

The Congo's digital transformation acceleration project, officially launched in January 2023 and supported by the World Bank with US$100 million in funding, moves forward with a budget of US$63.9 million ...

Broadcast Media Africa has learnt that Amazon is working to get regulatory approval in South Africa before launching its rival Project Kuiper service globally. Vodafone and local subsidiary Vodacom announced ...

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has granted a license to Starlink, allowing the company to operate in the country's digital telecommunications space. President Emmerson Mnangagwa welcomed ...

Botswana is the latest African nation to grant SpaceX Starlink a full operating license. This move comes in response to the internet services company's threat to restrict services in unlicensed ...

According to the latest ISP data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Starlink, Elon Musk’s Internet company, has emerged as Nigeria’s third-largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) with 23,897 subscribers ...

Microsoft and G42 have unveiled a meaningful plan to construct a hyperscale data centre in Kenya, a move that will significantly bolster the digital infrastructure of the entire East Africa ...

According to industry reports, Liquid Intelligent Technologies has reached a distribution partner agreement with Eutelsat Group to see enterprise-grade low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite services available in Africa. This partnership heralds a ...

Sonatel, the leading telecom company in Senegal, announced it will launch commercial 5G mobile services on June 1. CEO Sékou Dramé made the announcement recently during the commercial launch event ...