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Smart Africa 9th Board Meeting
The 9th Smart Africa Board Meeting was held virtually on Monday 7th December 2020 and chaired by H.E. Paul...
Visit From Ambassador of Rwanda
On Monday 23rd November 2020, the General Director of Djibouti Telecom Mr Mohamed Assoweh warmly received the Ambassador of...
Sponsoring Forum Africain Des Ports
Earlier this week, we were pleased to attend and participate in the Forum Africain Des Ports event which we were Gold...
Private Interconnection Bandwidth To Hit 13,300TBPS
We recently came across a very informative and insightful article from Capacity Media. The full article is uploaded and linked...
Hosting High Level Ethiopian Delegation
On Sunday 4th October, the Ministry of Communication (in charge of posts and telecommunications) of Djibouti and our Director...
Hormuud Telecom Joins DARE-1 Regional Submarine Cable Consortium
The Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) is a new submarine cable system landing across Djibouti City (Djibouti), Bossaso...
Djibouti Mobile Money Launch
Initiated by Djibouti Telecom, D-Money is a new Digital Mobile Money service recently launched across Djibouti. This new...
AAE-1 Cable Enhances Capacity with Infinera ICE4 Technology
The Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) Consortium has successfully completed a major upgrade using Infinera’s ICE4 technology,...
2Africa subsea cable to boost connectivity across Africa
Djibouti as a country and Djibouti Telecom are proud to be involved in the 2Africa subsea cable project led by Facebook. Dubbed...
Update on COVID-19
The situation with COVID-19 is dynamic worldwide and has evolved in the past few weeks in our region too. In these testing...
Renovation of the Djibouti-Ethiopia Digital Corridor
Ethio Telecom and Djibouti Telecom are pleased to announce the planned renovation of the Djibouti-Ethiopia Digital Corridor. A...
DARE1 Cable Lands at Final Stop
Today, Friday 6th March 2020, marks the landing of the DARE1 cable at it's final stop - the great Kenyan coastal city of...
EIG Cable System Expands Capacity with 24.3Tbps Upgrade
The Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable system has undergone a significant capacity upgrade, adding 24.3Tbps of bandwidth...
DARE1 Cables Land in Mogadishu and Bossaso
Earlier this week, the submarine cables for our flagship DARE1 network landed in Mogadishu and Bossaso (the two biggest coastal...
2020 Djibouti Marathon
For many years now, Djibouti Telecom has taken the pleasure of sponsoring the annual Djibouti Marathon – a real...
Installation of DARE1 Underway
Djibouti Telecom, Somtel, and Telkom Kenya announce that installation of the DARE1 submarine cable system is underway....
Thank you for 2019, Welcome 2020!
Dear Customers & Partners During this time of reflection and review we at Djibouti Telecom would like to take this...
Features On Jeune Afrique
Jeune Afrique is the most widely read French-language pan-African magazine and so we were proud to get a number of recent...
Completion of the Manufacturing Aspects of the DARE1 Submarine Cable
The Press Release below was written and released by Subcom on 4th December 2019 announcing the completion of the manufacturing...
SEA-ME-WE 5 Cable System Enhanced with Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme Technology
In the fast-evolving world of global communications, cable systems must keep pace with the growing demands for capacity, speed,...
Kenya to invest $59 mln to connect to the DARE fiber optics system
(Ecofin Agency) - Kenya plans to invest $59 million to increase its data capabilities. This fund will be used to deploy an...
Sparkle selects Djibouti Data Centre as Africa IP hub
Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, announces it has moved its...
Ethio Telecom building fibre along new 754km rail line to Red Sea at Djibouti
Ethio Telecom is working with its neighbour in Djibouti to run a fibre link from the Red Sea to Addis Ababa, the capital of...
SEACOM Cable System Expands to 1.5Tbps Capacity
SEACOM has successfully upgraded its submarine cable system, increasing its total capacity to 1.5Tbps. This recent upgrade adds...
SMW3 Cable System Upgraded with 100G DWDM Technology
The SEA-ME-WE 3 (SMW3) submarine cable system, the world’s longest at 39,000 km, continues to play a crucial role in connecting...