22 Aug A Summary of SWDM
The continued growth in high bandwidth applications and the population that uses them drives the need for higher data rates in all segments of optical networks–including data centers, local area...
FiberGuide Technical Blog
17 Aug FiberGuide Supports ICT Infrastructure Through Advanced Training in Fibre Optics – Next CONA Event Scheduled for October in Johannesburg
In collaboration with International and local organisations, FiberGuide offers a range of training courses in optical communications. FiberGuide recently announced that their next training event in Africa will take place...
04 Aug Optical Network Training Near You
Whether you are a manager, engineer or technician involved in the deployment of fiber optic infrastructure or designing and planning optical communication networks, fiber optic training or optical network training is essential...
01 Aug Certified Optical Network Associate (CONA) FAQs
Following are answers to frequently asked questions about CONA: What is CONA? CONA is an intensive 5-day fiber optic training course for engineers and managers involved with the designing and planning of...
29 Jun Fibre Optic Infrastructure in Africa: Higher Speed Optical Networks for Growing IP Traffic
According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index, IP traffic is growing the fastest in Africa and the Middle East. It will grow by CAGR 42% between 2016 and 2021. The...
19 Jun The Argument for Fiber Optic Access in Africa: SEACOM Ventures Deeper into African Access Networks
SEACOM, whose investment in a submarine fiber optic network connecting Africa to Europe and the Asia-Pacific triggered an avalanche of privately funded submarine cables in Africa, is mulling investing in...
16 Jun A Blast from the Past: In Africa, COMESA Mulls the Revival of COMTEL
The common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is reportedly considering the rival of the regional fiber optic backbone network, dabbed COMTEL. According to ITWeb, COMESA’s director of infrastructure,...
13 Jun Need for Increased Investment and Human Capacity Building to Support Data Explosion in Africa
Industry leaders at the International Telecoms Week (ITW) conference held in May in Chicago addressed the need for accelerating the investment in infrastructure to facilitate Africa’s broadband growth. We must...
18 May FiberGuide Signs an Agreement with Optical Technology Training (OTT) to Deliver Certified Optical Networking Courses in Africa.
FiberGuide is pleased to announce that they have signed a partnership agreement with Optical Technology Training (OTT) to deliver a certified training course in optical networking throughout Africa. The comprehensive,...
27 Apr Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen Can’t Reverse Globalization, ICT Drive the New Digital Economy
One common denominator between Donald Trump and the French ultra-right presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, is their opposition to globalization. Unfortunately for Trump and Le Pen, globalization is not reversible...