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  • January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

    Vodacom lands 2Africa subsea cable in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

    What is described as ‘transformative’ subsea cable lands at the Vodacom facility in Gqeberha at South Africa’s Eastern Cape to provide a gateway to direct international connectivity for faster, more reliable internet services in the country and ...

  • January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

    Zayo expands 400G fibre to connect Paris and Marseilles

    Leading global communications platform boosts European fibre infrastructure with a new fibre route to link up two major French cities, supporting traffic growth and making it easier and more secure for enterprises to send traffic to the rest of ...

  • January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

    UK government reveals Cornwall as next port of call for Project Gigabit

    Latest contract in UK government’s Project Gigabit programme given to Wildanet to deliver ultra-fast broadband in south-west and mid-Cornwall connecting nearly 20,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses

  • January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

    UK seeks to ban sharing ‘positive’ Channel crossing videos online

    Under UK government amendments to the Online Safety Bill, video footage that shows people crossing the Channel in a ‘positive light’ could be added to a list of illegal content that all tech platforms must proactively prevent from reaching users, ...

  • January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

    David Anderson KC to review UK surveillance laws

    Home Office commissions independent review of the Investigatory Powers Act, known as the snoopers’ charter. It will include a review of bulk datasets and government access to internet connection records held by phone and internet companies

  • January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

    Nokia, Telefónica successfully test 25G PON technology in Spain

    Noting ever-increasing consumer bandwidth demands and the need to support applications such as the metaverse, operator announces demo of new FTTH technology to offer new business services on same network as home connectivity