10+ hour, 5+ min ago   (226+ words) Azerconnect’s international backbone operator AzerTelecom announced on Friday it has entered into a strategic partnership with DE-CIX to launch a new internet exchange in Azerbaijan. The new exchange, AZE-IX, will serve as a neutral platform for local and international networks,…...

10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (235+ words) South Africa-based Digital Parks Africa (DPA) says it’s expanding into West Africa with plans to develop a new carrier-neutral data centre in Nigeria in association with the Master Power Technologies Group. The new facility, Nigeria Data Centre 1 (NDC1), will be built…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (287+ words) Saudi Arabian service provider and digital enabler stc Group, and Astranis, which builds advanced satellites for high orbits, have announced an agreement to deploy a dedicated satellite serving Saudi Arabia. The satellite, part of Astranis' Block 3 (a mission to deploy…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (292+ words) UAE-based data centre operator DAMAC Digital and Vodafone Türkiye have inaugurated the first phase of a new data centre in Izmir with an initial IT load capacity of 4MW and an investment of US$100 million. The Izmir data centre, launched on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (265+ words) The fast-growing number of artificial intelligence projects in Saudi Arabia has been underlined by recent announcements involving AI data centre development from Humain and Datavolt and enterprise AI from NTT Data. The facility is expected to integrate renewable energy sources,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (330+ words) Payment giants Visa and Mastercard have carried out their first international card transactions in Syria, indicating that the country is now much closer to reconnecting with global payment networks. Qatar's QNB Group, a multinational commercial bank, has said that it…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (184+ words) Kazakh telco Transtelecom (TTC) said on Tuesday it’s currently installing Starlink connectivity on trains operated by Passenger Transportation JSC, a subsidiary of national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ). TTC said the project – which is being implemented in stages – will…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (334+ words) Nigeria has announced what it calls a National Digital Cloud Policy aimed at attracting US$750 million in private investment within 24 months and positioning Nigeria as a major cloud computing and data-hosting hub for West Africa and the wider African market....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (188+ words) According to a number of local press reports, Kazakhstan expects to launch the first facility at Data Centre Valley, a large data centre campus in the country’s northeast, in the summer of 2027. The first 50 MW facility is reportedly under construction…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (261+ words) A major deal has been announced that could change the Polish telecom landscape. Deutsche Telekom has agreed to acquire 100% of Fiberhost, a Polish open-access fixed network operator, together with Inea, a retail broadband and TV provider. Deutsche Telekom will buy…...