Data Centres & Networks

Vodacom Mozambique has deployed an energy-efficient pre-fabricated data centre...

A new alliance between a major Middle Eastern operator and a data centre firm will establish the first world-class, carrier-neutral hub in the region...

Uganda was one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to gain full internet connectivity...

Increasing broadband and smartphone penetration, in particular as a result of the launch of 4G networks, is affecting data growth across the BRIC markets. With a focus on India and Russia, DT looks at the impact this is having and the trends that are expected to emerge in this arena over the next few years...

While Malaysia’s mobile market grew within expectations during 2011, 3G adoption slowed markedly in Q411...

Two Congo-based operators – including a new start-up – have entered into an agreement to manage and maintain a carrier-neutral co-location data centre in Congo-Brazzaville...

A new report from Swedish vendor Ericsson predicts that mobile data traffic will increase up to tenfold over the next five years, and that there will be nearly 5 billion mobile broadband subscriptions by 2016...

Fixed broadband costs over five times more relative to average incomes in BRIC countries than in developed nations. In an interview with Developing Telecoms, Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary General of the ITU, called on developing and emerging markets to lower the cost of broadband relative to monthly incomes in order to narrow the ‘broadband divide’...

The GSMA has announced that mobile operators around the world will invest up to $72 billion in Mobile Broadband* technologies in 2010. The new operator CAPEX investment data, compiled by global investment firm Deutsche Bank, reflects the continued consumer and enterprise demand for Mobile Broadband services and the need for underlying infrastructure, and comes as global HSPA connections reach the 200 million milestone...