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…

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Angola Cables introduces new spectrum sharing capabilities on MONET cable

Submarine cable operator offers customers greater choice with virtual private cables   CHICAGO – 6th May, 2018 – Angola Cables, a dedicated wholesale carrier, can now offer its customers customised amounts of capacity with Ciena’s (NYSE: CIEN) GeoMesh Extreme Spectrum Sharing capability. Angola Cables can reliably and securely offer highly differentiated virtual fibre pairs, which are…

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South Atlantic Cable System begins the deep-water installation

First-of-its-kind cable connecting Africa and South America 75% complete   Luanda, Angola (November 8, 2017) – South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), the first submarine cable system across the South Atlantic is in the final stretch of its installation between Africa and South America. Angola Cables, the company overseeing installation and the operations of SACS, and…

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Next generation Monet undersea cable now fully operational

Intercontinental submarine cable between the United States and Brazil comes online providing high volume, high speed commercial connectivity services   Chicago, 8th of May, 2018 – Algar Telecom (Brazil), Angola Cables (Angola), Antel (Uruguay), Alphabet, Inc. (Google) has announced that the 10, 556km Monet Cable System connecting Boca Raton, Florida to both Fortaleza and Santos,…

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Angola Cables expands South Africa presence

New PoP in Cape Town complements JHB PoP to address local demand and expand peering capabilities   (Cape Town) 8 November, 2017 – To further expand its network reach and peering capabilities, Angola Cables announced today that it expects to establish a Point of Presence (PoP) in Cape Town before the end of the year. After…

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Major step forward for digitalisation in Africa

Angola Cables breaks ground for its Brazilian Data Centre   Fortaleza, Brazil (10 July 2017) – Multinational telecommunications company, Angola Cables, announced today that construction had begun on its South American data centre, located in Fortaleza, Brazil. The data centre is an important next step in the company’s roll-out of promoting the digital inclusion and empowerment…

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Angola Cables extends its European network to Interxion facilities to enhance interconnection between Africa and Europe

  AMSTERDAM – 10 July 2017 – INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE:INXN, news), a leading provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services in Europe, and Angola Cables S.A., a multinational telecoms wholesale operator, today announced that Angola Cables has extended its international network to three Interxion facilities in Europe: Frankfurt, London and Marseille. This network…

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Angola Cables and North/South America-based consortium of universities and research organisations to expand next-generation networks to Africa

Miami, Florida, December 1, 2016 – Angola Cables and Florida International University’s (FIU) Center for Internet Augmented Research and Assessment (CIARA) today expanded their memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development of a next-generation Internet network to include Africa.  The multi-institutional project — managed by the AmLight Consortium — will link academic communities across African,…

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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…

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