TechCentralTechCentral
    Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube
    TechCentralTechCentral
    NEWSLETTER
    • News

      Rogue database felled Capitec in its worst-ever IT outage

      7 August 2022

      Presidency trumpets ICT, electricity reforms

      7 August 2022

      Load shedding suspended as generation picture improves

      7 August 2022

      South Africa’s power plan is meaningless without protecting the infrastructure

      7 August 2022

      Solidarity, MTN in war of words over restructuring

      5 August 2022
    • World

      Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a public debate

      7 August 2022

      Amazon splashes $1.7-billion on Roomba maker iRobot

      5 August 2022

      Nigeria asks Google to block banned groups from YouTube

      5 August 2022

      Twitter rejects Musk’s claims that he was hoodwinked

      5 August 2022

      MultiChoice fined R200 000 by Nigerian regulator

      4 August 2022
    • In-depth

      The length of Earth’s days has been increasing – and no one knows why

      7 August 2022

      As Facebook fades, the Mad Men of advertising stage a comeback

      2 August 2022

      Crypto breaks the rules. That’s the point

      27 July 2022

      E-mail scams are getting chillingly personal

      17 July 2022

      Webb telescope’s stunning images of the cosmos

      12 July 2022
    • Podcasts

      How South Africa can woo more women into tech

      4 August 2022

      Book and check-in via WhatsApp? FlySafair is on it

      28 July 2022

      Interview: Why Dell’s next-gen PowerEdge servers change the game

      28 July 2022

      Demystifying the complexity of AI – fact vs fiction

      6 July 2022

      How your organisation can triage its information security risk

      22 June 2022
    • Opinion

      SIU seeks to set aside R215-million IT tender

      19 July 2022

      No reason South Africa should have a shortage of electricity: Ramaphosa

      11 July 2022

      Ntshavheni’s bias against the private sector

      8 July 2022

      South Africa can no longer rely on Eskom alone

      4 July 2022

      Has South Africa’s advertising industry lost its way?

      21 June 2022
    • Company Hubs
      • 1-grid
      • Altron Document Solutions
      • Amplitude
      • Atvance Intellect
      • Axiz
      • BOATech
      • CallMiner
      • Digital Generation
      • E4
      • ESET
      • Euphoria Telecom
      • IBM
      • Kyocera Document Solutions
      • Microsoft
      • Nutanix
      • One Trust
      • Pinnacle
      • Skybox Security
      • SkyWire
      • Tarsus on Demand
      • Videri Digital
      • Zendesk
    • Sections
      • Banking
      • Broadcasting and Media
      • Cloud computing
      • Consumer electronics
      • Cryptocurrencies
      • Education and skills
      • Energy
      • Fintech
      • Information security
      • Internet and connectivity
      • Internet of Things
      • Investment
      • IT services
      • Motoring and transport
      • Public sector
      • Science
      • Social media
      • Talent and leadership
      • Telecoms
    • Advertise
    TechCentralTechCentral
    Home»News»Liquid Telecom upgrades East Africa fibre ring

    Liquid Telecom upgrades East Africa fibre ring

    News By Staff Reporter5 September 2017
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Email
    Nic Rudnick

    Econet Global subsidiary Liquid Telecom, which bought South Africa’s Neotel earlier this year in a R6.5bn deal, has completed 100G upgrades to key routes on its East Africa fibre ring.

    The upgrade to 100G wavelengths takes advantage of the latest dense wave-division multiplexing technology from Ekinops.

    It offers up to 10 times the speed of previously used 10G wavelengths, allowing Liquid Telecom to provide its enterprise and wholesale customers with additional capacity and increased speeds, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

    By upgrading to 100G, Liquid Telecom is ensuring that its fibre backbone can meet the rising demand for high-bandwidth video and Internet services from businesses and consumers

    “For the first time, Liquid Telecom will provide 100G links to the cities of Kigali in Rwanda, Kampala and Tororo in Uganda, and Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya, with further 100G upgrades planned for the East Africa fibre ring in the near future,” the company said.

    “By upgrading to 100G, Liquid Telecom is ensuring that its fibre backbone can meet the rising demand for high-bandwidth video and Internet services from businesses and consumers across the region,” said group CEO Nic Rudnick.

    The East Africa ring forms a key part of Liquid Telecom’s pan-African fibre network, which consists of 50 000km of infrastructure. Completed in 2014, it links Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania, with onward connectivity to its fibre networks in Burundi and the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also offers direct access to international subsea cables.

    Liquid Telecom’s acquisition of Tanzanian Internet service provider Raha in February enhanced the East Africa ring. It plans to invest further in the roll-out of fibre across Tanzania, it said.

    Microsoft

    Separately, the company said it has partnered with Microsoft through the software giant’s Cloud Solution Provider programme to provide cloud services across Africa.

    In terms of the agreement, Liquid will provide businesses with cloud services and products, including Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365, Office 365, Enterprise Mobility Suite and Windows 10.

    Initially on offer to customers in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya and Zimbabwe, Microsoft’s cloud services will eventually be made available across Liquid Telecom’s entire network footprint, it added. — © 2017 NewsCentral Media

    Ekinops Liquid Telecom Microsoft Nic Rudnick Raha top
    Share. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Email
    Previous ArticleBob Skinstad brokers Knife Capital’s UK expansion
    Next Article Backspace: ‘Nothing cryptic about this’

    Related Posts

    Rogue database felled Capitec in its worst-ever IT outage

    7 August 2022

    Presidency trumpets ICT, electricity reforms

    7 August 2022

    Load shedding suspended as generation picture improves

    7 August 2022
    Add A Comment

    Comments are closed.

    Promoted

    You don’t need a call centre to take advantage of call centre technology

    5 August 2022

    Black man, you are still on your own

    5 August 2022

    UC&C interoperability offers businesses operational cost relief in tough times

    4 August 2022
    Opinion

    SIU seeks to set aside R215-million IT tender

    19 July 2022

    No reason South Africa should have a shortage of electricity: Ramaphosa

    11 July 2022

    Ntshavheni’s bias against the private sector

    8 July 2022

    Subscribe to Updates

    Get the best South African technology news and analysis delivered to your e-mail inbox every morning.

    © 2009 - 2022 NewsCentral Media

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.