Orange launches brand in Liberia following acquisition of Cellcom
France-based global telco Orange announced the launch of its brand in Liberia in West Africa, so that effective immediately, Cellcom ...
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Vodafone to transfer 35% interest in Safaricom to Vodacom
Vodafone Group announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vodafone International Holdings B.V., has agreed to transfer part of its indirect shareholding ...
Liquid Telecom acquires South Africa’s Neotel
Liquid Telecom, a unit of South Africa–based Econet Global has announced that it has completed the acquisition of South African ...
Eutelsat/Facebook AMOS-6 Satellite Destroyed on Launch Pad
SpaceX suffered a launch pad anomaly during a pre-launch test at Cape Canaveral, Florida, leading to the explosion of a ...
Eutelsat and Facebook Choose Hughes JUPITER for Africa
Eutelsat Communications and Facebook have selected Hughes Network Systems' JUPITER System as the technology platform for satellite broadband services that ...
#MWC16: Orange Signs with Google for Africa & Middle East
Orange announced a content partnership with Google to bring the best of mobile Internet across its full African and Middle ...
Facebook Launches Innovation Challenge for Africa
Facebook is taking its Internet.org Innovation Challenge to Africa the aim of recognizing developers and entrepreneurs who are using the ...
Orange and ENGIE to Collaborate on Rural Electricity Grid in Africa
Orange and ENGIE announced a partnership to use their technological knowledge to achieve sustainable progress and economic and social development ...
Rollout Continues on Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) Cable
Phase II of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable system, a 5,000km extension from the Gulf of Guinea ...
VimpelCom to Exit Zimbabwe
VimpelCom will sell its stake in Telecel International Limited to ZARNet (Private) for $40 million. Telecel International owns 60% of ...
Huawei Marine to Build Brazil-to-Cameroon Cable
Huawei Marine has been commissioned to construct the Cameroon-Brazil Cable System (CBCS), a 6,000-km undersea network linking Fortaleza (Brazil) and ...
Namibia’s Paratus Telecom Deploys Infinera
Paratus Telecom, a telecommunications operator in Namibia, has deployed Infinera's TM-Series for its metro network in the capital city of ...
Eutelsat Signs Facebook for AMOS-6 Satellite over Africa
Eutelsat Communications and Facebook announced a plan to leverage satellite technologies to get more Africans online. Under a multi-year agreement ...
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