Benin-based broadband provider Isocel Telecom has announced ambitious plans to expand its network to reach up to half a million households, emphasising that fibre is still essential to fill the gaps that mobile connectivity cannot yet address.
Just over a year after series of incidents affected Vietnam’s international communications network, there have been some new issues: three of Vietnam’s five undersea internet cables are reported to be down.
MX Fiber has tapped Nokia for a new high-speed optical transport backbone network which will deliver reliable, high-capacity connectivity across Southeast Mexico.
As data-hungry services become prevalent globally, escalating data demand is hardly a new phenomenon – but addressing it can be a challenge in markets where fibre buildout is lacking. In terms of fibre deployment, many African countries face hurdles in…