MainOne’s Submarine Cable now live for service in Cote d’Ivoire— Oladepo
Nigerian emerging telecoms conglomerate, MainOne Cable Company, Monday announced the installation completion of its submarine cable in Cote d’Ivoire, saying service is now live and ready for data enthusiast. This is coming at a time the group has started delivering…
Access Bank, AFF release programme of event on 2019 summit
Ten days from today and precisely May 16, 2019, the Africa FinTech Foundry (AFF) innovators summit, will create an ecosystem in Lagos where digital services inventors will interface with industry captains to design a roadmap for the nation’s march to…
(Special Report) Of what use is dishing out Infraco licences when Right of Way is elusive?
Feelers over the weekend revealed that the telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has licensed three new Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) to bring the total number to six, leaving North Central which the former licencee, IHS has returned its licence on…
Orange deepens business on W’African Coast, invests in MainOne submarine Cable
Orange and Nigerian leading indigenous investor in submarine cable and associated services, MainOne Cable Company weekend announced new strategic deal that will allow for a major investment by Orange in the West Africa submarine cable system currently dominated by MainOne….
Nigeria crawling in technological innovations–Opeke, MainOne CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of MainOne Cable Company, Ms. Funke Opeke has argued that Nigeria still has a lot to cover in terms of technological innovations, saying there is little progress in the fields of electronic devices and instrumentations. She…
Lack of open access, infrastructure for content bane of submarine cables—Opeke
Core indigenous investor in submarine cables and Chief Executive Officer of MainOne Cable Company, Ms. Funke Opeke has revealed that the glut in capacity is attributed to the lack of carrier-neutral or open access data centers, where everyone can get…
Avanti Gateway Earth Station now live on MDXI data centre
Leading integrated data centre in Nigeria, MDXI data centre, a subsidiary of MainOne Cable Company, has partnered with Avanti Communications Group Plc, a leading British satellite operator, to host and manage the satellite operator’s in-country Gateway Earth Station (GES). The…
Leading Nigerian data centre operators’ list advantages of local hosting
Three leading data centre operators in Nigeria including MDXI, a division of MainOne Cable Company, Medallion Communications and RackCentre have opened up on the advantages of hosting data at home. Addressing members of the Nigerian Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA),…
Zinox now InfraCo licencee for S’East, Brinks Group for N’East—NCC
As part of fresh drive to deepen broadband penetration in Nigeria, the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently approved two additional Infrastructure Company (Infraco) Licencees. The two new Infraco licencees are Zinox Technology Limited for South East and…
Broadband: Can InfraCo licensees achieve much when states’ can’t ease conditions?
The telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), last week in Lagos revealed it has further given licences to additional two Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) to wire up more regions with metropolitan Fibre Optic Cables (FOC) to drive broadband penetration. Otherwise, added…
