Angola opts for submarine cable to boost communications
Angola's Savings and Credits Bank (BPC) is set to provide US$70 million for a new fibre-optic cable network which will connect Angola's coastal provinces...
View ArticleOverpriced broadband faces fibre challenge in Angola
Angola’s telecom sector is becoming increasingly liberalised with the advent of greater competition...
View ArticleUnitel Selects Mycom for performance management in Angola
Angolan operator Unitel has selected network performance solutions provider Mycom for an end-to-end mobile network and service performance management solution.
View ArticleSAT-3 reinforces market monopolies in Africa - APC
A study examining the impact the SAT-3 fibre-optic submarine cable has had on telecommunications in four African countries has found that the potential of this major cable has not been properly...
View ArticleAngola Cables to build the world’s first submarine cable across the South...
Angola Cables has signed a contract to build the world’s first submarine cable system across the South Atlantic with NEC Corporation as the system supplier.
View ArticleMobile payment services launched in Angola
The Angolan Investment Bank (BAI) has launched a new mobile payment service called e-Kwanza.
View ArticleAngola’s mobile & fixed-line duopolies finally facing competition
Although overly dominant players in Angola’s telecoms sector have been keeping mobile and internet prices high, new forecasts indicate that this could be set to change as soon as this year with the...
View ArticlePortugal Telecom ready to go pan-African
Portugal Telecom's African operations are set to expand well beyond her present low-key portfolio of four former colonies and a half-share of a partnership in Morocco. The strategy is based on Africa's...
View ArticleAngola attracting massive LTE investment
With peace restored in 2002 after decades of civil war, foreign investment in Angola has multiplied and the mobile market has soared despite a continued duopoly between Unitel and Angola Telecom's...
View ArticleUnitel and Ericsson achieve 450Mbps on commercial LTE network in Angola
Angolan operator Unitel has successfully demonstrated an end-to-end LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Carrier Aggregation solution in conjunction with Ericsson.
View ArticleRing back tones are a hit in Angola
The market-leading Angolan operator has seen a swift adoption of its new ring back tone service, with a service penetration rate of 8%...
View ArticleTVCABO Taps Metaswitch for Angola’s First Triple-Play Service
The first triple-play service offering in Angola is being launched by TVCABO...
View ArticleAngola Cables and NEC begin building South Atlantic Cable System
Angola Cables and NEC have begun construction on the first subsea fibre optic cable system ever to connect Africa and South America in the southern hemisphere.
View ArticleSpeedCast expands Pan-African coverage with joint venture in Ghana
Satellite communications and network service provider SpeedCast International has finalised a joint venture in Ghana, strengthening the company’s commitment to provide high quality Pan-African coverage.
View ArticleAngola Cables partners with Etix Everywhere to offer Low Latency...
Angola Cables has selected Etix Everywhere as its partner to build its critical infrastructure globally as part of a project to offer a lower latency route between the USA and Africa.
View ArticleAngola Cables to peer at NAPAfrica
Angola Cables has chosen Africa’s largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP), NAPAfrica, as its peering point.
View ArticleAngola’s mobile & fixed-line duopolies finally facing competition
Although overly dominant players in Angola’s telecoms sector have been keeping mobile and internet prices high, new forecasts indicate that this could be set to change as soon as this year with the...
View ArticlePortugal Telecom ready to go pan-African
Portugal Telecom's African operations are set to expand well beyond her present low-key portfolio of four former colonies and a half-share of a partnership in Morocco. The strategy is based on Africa's...
View ArticleAngola attracting massive LTE investment
With peace restored in 2002 after decades of civil war, foreign investment in Angola has multiplied and the mobile market has soared despite a continued duopoly between Unitel and Angola Telecom's...
View ArticleUnitel and Ericsson achieve 450Mbps on commercial LTE network in Angola
Angolan operator Unitel has successfully demonstrated an end-to-end LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Carrier Aggregation solution in conjunction with Ericsson.
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