Wholesale and Capacity

MTN GlobalConnect announced an important step in the evolution of its business through the unveiling of its new name and positioning: Bayobab. The brand reveal took place at the International Telecommunications Week (ITW) Conference in Washington, DC, attended by over 6,000 delegates from across the digital wholesale telecoms community. The new identity, Bayobab, represents the company’s strategic transformation journey to connect Africa with open next-gen digital solutions through its two distinct businesses, Bayobab Fibre and Bayobab Communication Platforms.

MTN GlobalConnect has successfully facilitated Group Vivendi Africa's acquisition of subsea capacity from the 2Africa subsea fiber cable. This cable system spans 45,000km and offers a capacity of 180 terabits per second (Tbps), providing much-needed additional international capacity for internet and other services to serve the African continent. This development will increase GVA's capacity and diversify its West African operations, in line with its growth plan for the region.

MTN GlobalConnect (MTN GC), a digital wholesale and infrastructure services firm operating under MTN Group, has made significant strides in expanding its fiber network, meeting the surging demand for international connectivity. In the first quarter of this year alone, the company deployed over 2,000 km of new fiber, resulting in a total proprietary fiber inventory surpassing 107,000 km.

MTN GlobalConnect has achieved certification for MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet Services, signifying our commitment to maintaining the highest industry standards for our digital connectivity solutions. With the ongoing evolution of network technology, this certification will help us drive network transformation and support the growth of the African digital economy.

Telecom Egypt and IPTO Group announced their collaborative efforts to enhance international telecommunications infrastructure projects. The aim of these projects is to significantly increase interconnectivity between Greece and Egypt, fostering improved data transfer opportunities between Europe, Africa and Asia.

At a time when both the public and private sectors are focusing on network and digital ICT tools for economic recovery, MTN National Wholesale is positioned as the leading "backbone" partner in the industry. As part of its Ambition 2025 strategy, with a specific focus on Network as a Service, MTN aims to become the primary digital network and service provider for the wholesale market in South Africa by 2025. MTN National Wholesale is expanding its range of innovative solutions to provide speedy and cost-effective enablement solutions to achieve this goal.

e& and Vodafone Group Plc have agreed to a strategic relationship that will bring certain aspects of the two operators’ businesses closer together across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. 

Telecom Egypt announces that Eng. Mohamed Nasr Eldin Mohamed Ali has been appointed as Managing Director and CEO of the company to succeed Eng. Adel Hamed Ibrahim Gadallah. The board of directors (the “Board”) has accepted Eng. Adel Hamed’s request to be relieved of the position of Managing Director and CEO to assume a new role at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. However, Eng. Hamed will remain on Telecom Egypt’s board of directors as a non-executive member.

TELUS International, a leading digital customer experience innovator that designs, builds and delivers next-generation solutions, including artificial intelligence (AI) and content moderation, for global and disruptive brands, today announced it has established operations in South Africa and Morocco. TELUS International now operates in 32 countries located across five continents around the world.

Omantel has partnered with data center operator Wingu Group to establish a point of presence (PoP) in Djibouti. The company is thus beginning its expansion into the African market. Omantel will be able to forge new wholesale partnerships with telecom operators and hyperscalers, improve the use of connectivity between Oman and Africa, facilitate better business models and provide better support to customers with connectivity requests to and from Africa.