And 54.2% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (556 million) lived within reach of an operational fibre optic network node, compared to 41.8% (371 million) in 2013.

The inventory of operational terrestrial fibre optic network reached 936,102-km by June 2018, compared to 524,847-km in 2013. The number of people living within reach of a fibre optic node in Sub-Saharan Africa increased to 584 million people (55.2%) and Africa’s international Internet bandwidth growth continues along an exponential curve, reaching 10.962 Tbps by December 2018 Read More → Africa’s International Bandwidth Reaches 7.939 Tbps In 2017Ģ018/9 Africa Telecom Transmission Map PublishedĪfrica’s international Internet bandwidth reached 7.939 Tbps by December 2017, compared to 1.482 Tbps in 2012, according to the tenth annual edition of the Africa Telecom Transmission Map published by Hamilton Research. And 55.9% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (620 million) lived within reach of an operational fibre optic network node, compared to 45.8% (436 million) in 2015 Read More → Africa’s Operational Fibre Optic Network Reaches 1 Million Route KilometresĢ019/20 Africa Telecom Transmission Map PublishedĪfrica’s total inventory of operational fibre optic network reached the milestone of 1 million kilometres in the last year, according to the eleventh annual edition of the Africa Telecom Transmission Map published by Hamilton Research.

The inventory of operational terrestrial fibre optic network reached 1,072,649-km by June 2020, compared to 622,930-km in 2015. This is compared against the operational (“lit”) fibre optic network that was in service across the region in each year from 2009 - 2022.Īfrica’s International Bandwidth Reaches 15.289 TbpsĢ020/21 Africa Telecom Transmission Map PublishedĪfrica’s total inbound international Internet bandwidth reached 15.289 Tbps by December 2019, according to the twelfth annual edition of the Africa Telecom Transmission Map published by Hamilton Research. The LIT Fibre Africa Telecom Transmission Network Map shows the growth of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (LIT) regional fibre optic network from 5,000-km in 2009 to 103,000-km in 2022. And 57.1% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (669 million) lived within reach of an operational fibre optic network node, compared to 55.2% (522 million) in 2017 Read More → The inventory of operational terrestrial fibre optic network reached 1,184,028-km by June 2022, compared to 820,397-km in 2017. This international bandwidth compares to 20.4 Tbps in 2020, and 8.2 Tbps in 2017.

LIT Fibre Africa Telecom Transmission Network MapĢ022/23 Africa Telecom Transmission Map PublishedĪfrica’s total inbound international Internet bandwidth reached 26.9 Tbps by December 2021, according to the 2022/23 Africa Telecom Transmission Map published by Hamilton Research.

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