Telecom Namibia Acquires Equiano Subsea Capacity From Sparkle
By John Tanner, Developing Telecoms Telecom Italia’s international arm Sparkle said on recently it has signed a deal to provide international capacity services to state-owned telco Telecom Namibia via Google’s Equiano subsea cable. Sparkle said the exclusive agreement provides Telecom Namibia with extra internet capacity and a diversified, low latency route between Africa and Europe. No details were given on how much capacity Telecom Namibia is getting from the deal. Telecom Namibia CEO Dr. Stanley Shanapinda said the deal will help support Namibia's digital development, as well as growing demand...