DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Africa, Orange
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Orange plans subsea cable linking Réunion Island and South Africa
French territory getting connectivity upgrade with existing SAFE cable approaching end of life
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Sonatel deploys OneWeb ground station in Senegal
As Bell Canada deploys AST SpaceMobile ground station in Québec
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First phase of Medusa subsea cable goes live between France and Tunisia
Orange's ViaTunisia branch of cable system goes live
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Orange-backed consortium announce plans for Via Africa subsea cable
System to run from Europe along west coast of Africa
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Medusa subsea cable lands in Nador, Morocco
As Orange opens new cable landing station
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Orange launches backup data center in Sierra Leone
Company launches second facility in West African country
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Orange Maroc opens 1.5MW data center in Casablanca
Said to be telco's largest data center in Africa
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Orange to build two cable ships
Two new vessels to replace the Léon Thévenin and Antonio Meucci
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Medusa subsea cable lands in Tunisia
Cable makes second of 19 landings
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Orange launches data center outside Sousse, Tunisia
Telco opens 1,000 sqm facility
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AWS launches Wavelength Zone Edge location in Senegal with Orange
Cloud company’s second Wavelength site in Africa
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AWS launches Wavelength Zone Edge location in Morocco with Orange
Cloud company’s first Wavelength site in Africa
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Orange and Vodacom form tower JV in Democratic Republic of Congo
The purpose of the JV is to bolster rural connectivity in the country
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Orange secures 4G license in Central African Republic
It's the first 4G license awarded in the country
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Vodafone, Orange, and e& secure 5G licenses in Egypt
The trio join Telecom Egypt in securing 5G licenses
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Orange Business completes first phases of data center infrastructure for Grifols Egypt
Data center located in Egypt's New Administrative Capital
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ZTE deploys 128 rural communication sites for Orange Liberia
2G voice and 4G data services available at the sites
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Orange weighs up 40% stake sale in Mauritius Telecom
An exit could be on the cards
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AWS launching Wavelength Zone Edge locations in Morocco and Senegal with Orange
As Oracle confirms plans for two Moroccan cloud regions
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Orange and Vodacom in talks to share network infrastructure in Africa
Could boost connectivity in rural areas
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Mauritius Telecom to build Africa-Asia subsea cable - report
Route will replace SAFE cable
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Orange and Huawei launch Huawei Cloud services in Egypt
Follows a few years after the two launched Orange Business Cloud in the country
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Orange opens data center in Gaborone, Botswana
Company launched Tier III certified facility in capital city's innovation park
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Orange trials 5G in Sierra Leone
Tests have taken place in Freetown
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Sonatel secures 5G license in Senegal
Country's regulator wants to launch 5G services as soon as possible
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e&, Orange weighing up bids for 45% stake in Ethio Telecom
Ethio is state-owned, but open to private investment
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Construction of Medusa subsea cable commences
Cable connecting Europe and North Africa is underway, expected live in Q4 2025
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Orange starts 5G trials in DR Congo
Paves the way for IoT opportunities