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Morocco invests in fiber optic line to Western Sahara

afrol News - Maroc Telecom has secured a US$ 1.3 billion investment programme, mostly financed by the Moroccan government. The programme will see major improvement and modernisation of Morocco's fixed-line and mobile networks, but also a new fiber optic cable to France and through Western Sahara into Mauritania.

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Internet via microwave in Burkina Faso

afrol News - An innovative technology to increase internet access is to be implemented in Burkina Faso, however only targeting enterprise customers in the Sahelian country. The wireless connection uses a microwave transmission system.

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Why phone calls are so expensive in Africa

Sponsored Feature - It is estimated that African telecom operators are cheated for revenues totalling more than US$ 1 billion from their northern counterparts, who are not properly billed when international calls are made to Africa. These losses are a major reason behind the stiff pricing of international calls for Africans.Christian Ciupek, of South Africa's Intec Telecom Systems, looks at the issue.

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