FirstLight Fiber acquires MFC amid Maine expansion plans

17 May 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

FirstLight has acquired Maine Fiber Company (MFC), which will propel more growth and further enhance its fibre network throughout the State of Maine.

SEACOM seals Microsoft data centre and cloud deal

15 May 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

Pan-African internet and connectivity service provider SEACOM now offers direct connections into public cloud networks and data centres located in South Africa.

Axiata and Telenor in talks to merge Asian operations

07 May 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Telenor Group and Axiata Group Berhad are in talks to merge their business operations in Asia.

Udenna, China Telecom seal $5.4bn deal to launch third Philippines operator

02 May 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

Udenna and China Telecom have signed a $5.4bn agreement to formally develop the Philippines’ third telco Mislatel consortium.

T5 Data Centers, QuadReal to launch $2.5bn platform

02 May 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

T5 Data Centers and QuadReal Property Group have agreed to develop, acquire and operate over $2.5 billion of state-of-the-art facilities positioned to support the needs of enterprise and hyperscale users.

BSO signs up to Google Cloud Partner Interconnect

30 April 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

BSO, an Ethernet network, cloud and hosting provider, has announced that it has become an official Google Cloud Partner Interconnect provider.

Engro launches into telecoms infrastructure with $53m investment

29 April 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

Pakistani conglomerate Engro Corporation has revealed that it is moving into the telecommunications infrastructure game after creating a new business unit.

ITW 2019: Agenda Revealed

26 April 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

The key to success in today’s fast-paced telecommunications industry is to adapt quickly to change, and provide cutting-edge solutions in order to grow.

NTT Global Data Centers gains £11.2m capital boost

26 April 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

NTT Global Data Centers (NTT GDC) has received a capital boost of 1.25 billion JPY ($11.2m) from four NTT companies.

Digital Realty, Ascenty to build inaugural Chile data centre

26 April 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

Digital Realty and Ascenty have signed a long-term, multi-megawatt agreement with a global cloud provider to build a new data centre in Santiago, Chile.

Capacity Middle East 2019: Highlights

25 April 2019 |

Capacity Middle East is the largest carrier event in the Middle East, bringing together more than 1,700 attendees from organisations representing voice, data, SMS, data centres, peering, over-the-top service providers (OTTs) & content providers, internet service providers and network infrastructure providers.

Telkom Kenya names Steve Okeyo as MD of mobile division

23 April 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Telkom Kenya has appointed Steve Okeyo as the new managing director of its mobile division, succeeding Amer Atwi who has been with the company since 2016.