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…
DetailsWholesale carrier Angola Cables has launched a remote peering service to improve the connectivity between the peering community at The London Internet Exchange (LINX) and the peering members at its own Internet exchange point. Angola Cables is a partner in the development of data centers in Luanda and Fortaleza, Brazil, and in the building of the…
Details(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…
Details(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,…
DetailsMiami, 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,…
Details(Cape Town, South Africa) 10 November, 2016: After a voyage of more than 3500 nautical miles, Mussulo 40 – the only Angolan entry into the Cape2Rio race – has arrived in the Mother City. The boat will be captained by Dr José Guilherme Caldas, an Angolan who is an interventional neuroradiologist (working half of the…
Details18 January, 2017 (Rio de Janeiro) – Mussulo 40, the yacht with the only two-man crew to compete in the Cape2Rio regatta, has arrived in Rio, earning a fourth place finish overall and the top position in their category. As the only double-hander to leave Cape Town on January 1, 2017, the 40-foot yacht (sponsored…
DetailsTeraco (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…
DetailsNetwork addresses demands for growing connectivity needs between U.S. and Brazil HANOVER, Md. – March 2, 2017 – Angola Cables, a dedicated wholesale carrier, has selected Ciena’s GeoMesh and Blue Planet solutions to support its new service launch on the MONET subsea cable. This 10,556 km route will provide more than 25 Tb/s of…
DetailsInaugural ICT-focused event highlights opportunities for Private-Public Partnerships and international collaboration in Science, Technology and Education (Luanda, Angola) – 7 February, 2017: As part of its strategy to diversify the economy, the Angolan Ministry of Science and Technology recently hosted an event to highlight the important role that science, technology and education play…
DetailsAfrica’s most connected Internet Exchange (Luanda, Angola) 17 February, 2017 – Angola Cables, a leading telecoms operator is expanding its network reach and peering capabilities across the globe. With an aim to become a major IP transit and MPLS player in sub-Saharan Africa, Angola Cables has chosen NAPAfrica as its peering point. NAPAfrica is…
DetailsLuanda, Angola, May 29th – The Development Bank of Angola (Banco de Desenvolvimento de Angola “BDA”) has finalise today the arrangement of the USD 130 million loan agreement, backed by a Sovereign Guarantee from the Republic of Angola, with its client, Angola Cables, for the implementation of a submarine cable linking Brazil to the USA,…
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