Articles tagged with: Seacom

Pirates Delay Submarine Telecoms Cable

The submarine telecoms cable being built around the Eastern coast of Africa is being delayed by increased pirate activity in the area over the past few months. seacom now says that its planned "ready for service" date has been pushed back to 23 July 2009. The planned route required the ship to transit an area of increased pirate activity where other ships had been attacked or seized.  more

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Kenya Unlikely to Lower Airtime Taxes

The Kenyan government is not minded to lower taxes on mobile phone airtime, despite increasing calls from the mobile network operators for action. The country currently levies a 26 percent duty on airtime top-ups.  more

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Tanzania starts US$840 million marine cable project

APA-Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Tanzania's efforts to set up a communication system to connect international broadband networks started with the laying of a US$600 million undersea cable in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday.  more

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Construction of East Africa undersea fibre optic cable begins this week

APA-Nairobi (Kenya) The construction of a $650 million undersea fibre optic cable connecting the East African region with international broadband in Europe is set to begin this week, it was revealed on Wednesday.  more

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