Bharti Airtel moves to raise stake in Indus Towers

Recent cable landing station news from eastern India and West Africa underlines the continuing growth of the submarine cable business across both regions.

Nokia and Saudi Arabian telco STC Group say that they’ve successfully wrapped up what they claim is the first trial in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region of a long haul terabit optical solution for data centre interconnectivity.

Phase3 and Sonatel have activated a new terrestrial fibre route stretching 3,500km from Lagos, Nigeria, to Dakar, Senegal.