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Ghana scores another first as offshore broadband takes off in 3 or 6 months
Thursday, 8 Jul, 2010 – 10:22 | No Comment

If the proposed take off date of the collaborative offshore broadband project between MTN Ghana and PARD Energy of Norway is met, Ghana will become the first country in Africa to have an offshore broadband …

Main One cable goes live
Friday, 2 Jul, 2010 – 9:29 | No Comment

Main One Cable Company has announced the launch of its high capacity fibre-optic cable system, which links West Africa to Europe, on time and within budget. The cable spans 7,000km and has landing stations in …

ISOC GHANA LEADS DISUCSSIONS ON INTERNET SECURITY
Saturday, 24 Apr, 2010 – 13:09 | No Comment

Accra, Ghana April 23, 2010: “Cyber crime has become extremely pervasive since the invention of the Internet.   In Ghana, many people associate the phenomena with Sakawa, which is Internet fraud or scamming. …

EASSy to take on Seacom, Sat-3 soon
Thursday, 22 Apr, 2010 – 12:57 | No Comment

The construction of WIOCC’s East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) is complete; promises affordable international bandwidth pricing
The West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC) yesterday announced that the construction of the East African Submarine …

2.5m Internet Users In Ghana
Saturday, 10 Apr, 2010 – 14:44 | No Comment

THERE has been significant improvement in the communication sector with growth being registered in key areas.
Statistics collated this year reveal that, total phone subscriptions went up from 11,570,430 in 2008 to  15,318,225 while internet users …

iBurst South Africa introduces pre-paid system
Friday, 5 Mar, 2010 – 13:12 | No Comment

iBurst South Africa has rolled out its prepaid system to enable people to have control of their Internet usage following the successful implementation of the system in Ghana.
iBurst Ghana was the first of …

Mobile telecom operators to dominate internet market in Ghana
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 13:12 | No Comment

Accra, Oct. 1, GNA – Mobile telecom operators in Ghana are expected to dominate the internet market beginning 2012, on the back of 3G technology, WiMAX, and the undersea fibre optics rollout from next year, …