Main One Turns on Africa Fibre-Optic Link for Nigeria, Ghana
(Bloomberg) -- Main One Cable Co., which built an undersea fiber-optic cable linking Africa to Portugal, switched on high-speed data access yesterday for its customers in Nigeria and Ghana, Chief Executive Officer Funke Opeke said. ...
Main One, the first broadband cable linking Europe with the west African nations of Ghana and Nigeria with western Europe, went live on schedule on July 1.
West Africa’s first broadband submarine cable has started operation on time after an investment ...
Main One submarine cable to meet next month’s go live target
Main One Cable Company and its equipment supplier, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communication (SubCom) today announced that the installation of terminal of the submarine cable has been completed ready for commercial service to begin next month in Lagos. The companies said that equipment at the marine ...
TE SUBCOM COMPLETES PHASE 1 MARINE INSTALLATION ON MAIN ONE CABLE SYSTEM
Main One Cable Company and its system supplier, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications (SubCom), announce the on schedule completion of the main lay program by the C.S. Tyco Resolute. Installation of terminal equipment is complete in Seixal, Portugal and underway at the system’s landing sites in ...
The Main One Submarine Fibre Optic Cable Project is a pioneering transaction in the West African telecommunications infrastructure sector, providing much needed bandwidth connectivity between the key growth markets of Nigeria and Ghana on the one hand and Portugal on the other, with onward connectivity ...
International bandwidth demand is recession-proof says Telegeography
The global recession has had no impact on international Internet bandwidth demand, according to TeleGeography strategy vice president Stephen Beckert. Speaking to Pacific Telecommunications Council attendees in Honolulu. he said international internet bandwidth was showing..... [ Full Story ]
October 13, 2009
Main One fibre project lands Lagos, promises business boom
Main One Cable Company has concluded the shore-end laying of its undersea fibre optic cables in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana, respectively. The shore-end cable laying is a critical intermediary procedure in which undersea fibre optic cables are laid on the shores of countries in which the ...
Fibre war hots up, as Main One lands submarine Fibre cable in Lagos, Accra
In a matter of months, competition in the telecommunications sector in particular and ICT sector in general, would shift from GSM operators who are known for scrambling for the soul of the subscribers to shore up their subscriber base, to two Nigerian companies, Globacom and MainOne which may be battling ...
