Bahrain Network to replace legacy copper with all-fibre network

South African fibre installation company Lightstruck has entered into an agreement with the Namibian City of Windhoek’s City Link initiative to advance the city’s fibre network commercialisation efforts.

While mobile remains the dominant form of communications across much of sub-Saharan Africa, fibre is continuing to make inroads into many, arguably, very tough markets for fixed communications, including, if recent reports prove correct, South Sudan.

Nokia announced on Tuesday it has opened its first innovation centre serving Africa and the Middle East in Morocco, which will not only provide Nokia’s network infrastructure technologies to play with, but also programmes to boost digital skillsets.