Angola Cables and WACREN collaborate to expand connectivity among West and Central African research & education institutions

(Luanda, Angola) 11 December, 2017 – Angola Cables today announced an agreement with the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), the regional research and education network (REN) that facilitates interconnections between national RENs in West and Central Africa. The agreement will support the growing connectivity among academic communities across West and Central…

Offshore installation of SACS nears completion

(Luanda, Angola) 23 January, 2018 – The installation of the first direct link between Africa and South America is nearing completion. The wet-plant installation is progressing in accordance to the plan and the cables will arrive in Brazil at the beginning of February 2018. Construction works of the landing station / data centre in Fortaleza,…

Angola Cables launches France-IX Marseille remote peering service

Angola Cables has joined the peering community at France-IX Marseille will significantly boosting connectivity there and to peering members at its own IXP, Angonix, in the Angolan capital Luanda. This new remote peering service significantly boosts connectivity between international carrier networks, CDNs, social networks, cloud and IT service providers with local Angolan and other African…

Angola Cables Connects With FiberLight LLC to Provide Extended Connectivity to U.S.-Based Customers via Monet Undersea Cable

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — February 15, 2018 — Angola Cables, a multinational telecoms company engaged in the operation and commercialization of transmission capacity and IP transit via subsea cables, has today announced that U.S.-based, FiberLight LLC will provide backhaul connectivity in the U.S., starting with the Miami, Florida region and later expanding to other…

Digitally connecting the Americas…and the world

One month until the subsea Monet Cable System  connecting North and South America is fully functional.   (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 2 October, 2017 – An important ‘digital bridge’ between the Americas is approaching completion. According to the telecom multinational Angola Cables, the Monet Cable System will be ‘lit up’ in one month’s time. Making the announcement…

SACS UNDERSEA CABLE MAKES LANDFALL IN FORTALEZA, BRAZIL

Luanda, Angola: 22 February 2018: Angola Cables, a telecommunications multinational, has reported that the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) has made landfall at Fortaleza on the Brazilian coast.   Company CEO, António Nunes said that the arrival and installation of SACS on the Brazilian coast was “an important strategic milestone for the company, Angola and…

Global leader in online gaming selects Angonix

Angola’s largest IXP welcomes i3D.net as its first remote peering customer   (Luanda, Angola) 13th October – Angonix, Angola’s largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP), today welcomed i3D.net as its first remote peering customer. i3D.net is a managed hosting provider specialising in online gaming that hosts tens of millions of players for game publishers on the…

Angola Cables Connects With FiberLight LLC to Provide Extended Connectivity to U.S.-Based Customers via Monet Undersea Cable

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — February 15th 2018 — Angola Cables, a multinational telecoms company engaged in the operation and commercialization of transmission capacity and IP transit via subsea cables, has today announced that U.S.-based, Fiberlight LLC will provide backhaul connectivity in the U.S., starting with the Miami, Florida region and later expanding to other…

Angola Cables collaborates with Microsoft to drive digital transformation in Africa

Microsoft ExpressRoute partner to offer Africa-based organisations  secure access to 42 Microsoft Azure regions across the globe   (Cape Town, South Africa) 2 November, 2017 — Angola Cables announced today that it has become a Microsoft ExpressRoute partner to meet the needs of Africa-based organisations migrating business applications and IT infrastructures to the cloud and accelerating digital transformation…

Angola Cables to open its first POP in South Africa

Teraco (Johannesburg) selected as colocation partner to grow IP services in SADC region   Cape Town, South Africa (16 November, 2016) – From AfricaCom 2016 in Cape Town, Angola Cables today announced its first direct Point of Presence (POP) in South Africa at Teraco (Johannesburg).   “As part of establishing Angola as one of the…