Seacom adds African connectivity

Seacom is working with global network provider Level 3 Communications to deploy its content delivery network (CDN) nodes into data centres connecting to the Seacom Pan-African IP/MPLS network. Using these CDN nodes, Level 3 will enable rich, high-quality content to be...

Why satellite for nationwide coverage?

Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton – It is a well-known fact the ICT is a major contributor to the development and prosperity of a nation. And, while Internet connectivity has the ability to increase a country’s GPD (gross domestic product), better connectivity can...

Fibre key to African connectivity

Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton – Terrestrial and metro fibre will ultimately be the key solution to letting more consumers access bandwidth. To accomplish this, there are a number of investment models that can be followed – all of them presenting both...

Satellite evolves to meet connectivity needs

Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton – Around the world today, most people require connectivity – and satellite is one way that this can be accomplished. What’s needed, says Martin Griffin, senior engineer: Space Service Department of the ITU, is to establish a...

African content to boost connectivity growth

There’s a new wave of growth on the horizon for African Internet companies and it’s being driven by an innovative worldwide phenomenon called remote peering. NAPAfrica – Africa’s fastest growing neutral internet exchange point (IXP) – is the first African...