New chief sales officer for Seacom

Seacom, the African network provider and telecoms enabler, has appointed Steven van der Linde as chief sales officer. He will be responsible for growing group revenues as well as leading customer engagement and strategic channel development at Seacom.He brings to his...

New PoP means Seacom has Europe covered

Seacom has gone live with a new point of presence (PoP) for its IP/MPLS network in Stockholm, Sweden. The pan-African telecom enabler and network provider now has PoPs in Europe’s five busiest centres for Internet traffic – Stockholm, Amsterdam, London,...

Seacom expands European connectivity

Seacom has added the Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (DE-CIX) in Frankfurt, Germany to the growing list of European Internet exchange points at which it peers. This new peering agreement will mean that Seacom clients will enjoy better performance and less...

Seacom upgrades IP/MPLS network

Seacom has completed the upgrade of its global IP and MPLS network. The new network will offer substantial advantages to carriers and businesses looking to expand their communications infrastructure on carrier-class Ethernet, IP and MPLS platforms between Africa and the rest of the world. With Seacom’s new backbone, African and global service providers and operators will be able to gain access to one Gigabit, 10-Gigabit and 100-Gigabit Ethernet ports at affordable prices.

Clatterbuck appointed as Seacom CEO

Seacom, Africa’s foremost network service provider and ICT enabler, today announced the appointment of Byron Clatterbuck as its CEO. Clatterbuck is an industry veteran with more than 18 years’ experience in the global telecommunications industry. He has held a number...