PROJECT FOCUS
GLOBAL
According to a recently published report
from Dell’Oro Group, a trusted source for
market information about the telecommunications,
networks, and data centre IT industries, cloud data
centre CAPEX rebounded to double-digit growth in
3Q 2019. Higher spending on new data centre facilities
construction drove the growth. “Cloud data centre CAPEX
for the top 10 cloud service providers returned to growth
after two straight quarters of year-over-year declines,”
said Baron Fung, Director at Dell’Oro Group. “We project
that spending on servers will increase in 2020, as
the major cloud service providers revert to server
capacity expansion and fill new data centres
scheduled to launch next year.”
AFRICA
MainOne has announced its submarine cable
in Cote d’Ivoire is live and ready for service. The
project, notable for being the first commercial cable
system in service to deploy spectrum sharing capabilities,
will offer capabilities to deepen infrastructure sharing and
lower the cost of delivering broadband services to the region.
MainOne’s entry into the Cote d’Ivoire market will facilitate
world-class infrastructure availability and accessibility that
meets market needs at any time. The network will ensure
its customers continue to enjoy maximum uptime
performance and reduced latency as the company
increases bandwidth capacity and maintain direct
connections to various regional and global
Internet Exchanges.
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