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Ensuring Telco Connectivity Resilience: Ghana’s plan-Z path forward

Ensuring Telco Connectivity Resilience: Ghana’s plan-Z path forward

Ghana News, Science & Technology
Ghana’s telecommunications sector is the lifeblood of our nation’s progress, connecting businesses, communities, and government services. Yet, recurrent disruptions to telco undersea cables, often due to force majeure events, threaten to disrupt this vital connectivity. It’s time for decisive action to safeguard our digital future. These disruptions aren’t just inconveniences; they have far-reaching consequences that ripple through our economy and society. Businesses suffer losses, everyday life is disrupted, and crucial government operations grind to a halt. But amidst these challenges lies an opportunity for transformation. To mitigate the risks posed by undersea cable disruptions, Ghana must prioritize the implementation of Plan Z. This comprehensive strategy, spearheaded by th...
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It may take 5 weeks to restore stable internet – NCA

It may take 5 weeks to restore stable internet – NCA

Africa News, Ghana News, Science & Technology
Ghanaians battling interruptions from their data service providers may have to wait for at least, another five weeks. This is because that is how long the National Communication Authority (NCA) estimates it may take for the faulty undersea cables to be restored, bringing back stable connections in the affected countries The NCA made this known in a press release on Saturday, March 16, 2024. This was after a meeting with the four subsea cable landing service providers (ACE, MainOne, SAT-3 and WACS). It comes three days after data services from most of the telecommunications companies shut down, impacting people and businesses in some African countries including Ghana. South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, and Burkina Faso are among other nations bearing the brun...
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Disruption to international submarine cables off the West African coast [West Africa Cable System (WACS), South Atlantic-3 (SAT-3), MainOne, Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)]

Disruption to international submarine cables off the West African coast [West Africa Cable System (WACS), South Atlantic-3 (SAT-3), MainOne, Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)]

Africa News, Science & Technology
Whilst the cause of the reported cable breaks off the Ivory Coast of West Africa has not yet been confirmed, Angola Cables (www.AngolaCables.co.ao) is ensuring that the impact on Angola and other African countries is being minimized by redirecting international data and traffic to the SACS cable, which connects Angola directly to Brazil and from there to the United States and Europe. Angola Cables has network backup and restoration solutions available through cables that have not been affected by the faults off the Ivory Coast. Our technical team is currently diligently working with industry partners to stabilise international connectivity and to ensure that we can provide support and guarantee the stability of services to African network operators and entities that need it. Distr...
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MTN Ghana apologises to subscribers for internet connectivity challenges

MTN Ghana apologises to subscribers for internet connectivity challenges

Ghana News, Science & Technology
MTN Ghana has apologised to its subscribers for the challenges they faced in accessing data services and reaching its call center. The company assured that it is working to resolve the issue. “This is due to a disruption on our international undersea cables. Our technical teams are working with our international partners to resolve the issue”, a statement from MTN Ghana said.  “We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience and will keep subscribers updated”. Telecoms Chamber explains Earlier, the Ghana Chamber of telecommunications also attributed the difficult in accessing internet connectivity today March 14, 2024, to outages on multiple submarines optic fibre cables that come into Ghana. According to the chamber, some of the cables are down while others are del...
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Telecoms Chamber attributes internet connectivity challenges to outages on multiple submarine optic fibre cables

Telecoms Chamber attributes internet connectivity challenges to outages on multiple submarine optic fibre cables

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Science & Technology
The Ghana Chamber of telecommunications has attributed the difficulty in accessing internet connectivity today March 14, 2024, to outages on multiple submarine optic fibre cables that come into Ghana. According to the Chamber, some of the cables are down while others are delivering limited capacity. It said the development is impacting internet, data, and Voice Over IP services of the mobile network operators and data service providers to varying degrees. “As a result, customers and subscribers are currently experiencing service challenges,” a statement issued by the chamber said. It assured that further investigations are being carried out as well as work to resolve the problems to restore services to customers. “The inconvenience to customers is deeply regretted” the s...
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Undersea fibre optic disruptions affect internet service in Ghana

Undersea fibre optic disruptions affect internet service in Ghana

Ghana News, Science & Technology
There is a nationwide internet disruption in Ghana and according to the National Communications Authority (NCA), it is due to outages on multiple submarine fibre optic cables that connect Ghana. The NCA in a press statement explained that multiple undersea cable disruptions have affected Mobile and Fixed Data services nationwide in Ghana. It said the disruptions affecting the multiple undersea cables responsible for carrying international traffic have occurred in Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire. There are also some disruptions in Portugal, it added.  This has led to a significant degradation of data services across Ghana. "It is important to note that the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are working around the clock to restore full services. In addition, the MNOs have informed af...
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Social media users react to login errors on Facebook and Instagram

Social media users react to login errors on Facebook and Instagram

Headlines Today, Science & Technology
The instant messaging app Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday, March 5, went down with lots of users reporting that they have been logged out of their accounts automatically. Some Facebook and Instagram users are complaining on X, formerly known as Twitter that they are unable to access their accounts making it impossible to send and receive messages. Lots of people have reacted to the glitch affecting Facebook and Instagram on the micro-blogging site. According to multiple reports, the apps Facebook and Instagram were hit by a bug that does not allow people to log into their accounts. This bug appeared according to Downdetector with an initial 90,000 reports that it was down but the numbers grew exponentially not long after that. This is a widespread issue th...
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January 2024 was the warmest January on record

January 2024 was the warmest January on record

Lifestyle & Social, Science & Technology
According to recent data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), January 2024 has been identified as the warmest January globally on record. The average ERA5 surface air temperature for the month was 13.14°C, surpassing the 1991-2020 average for January by 0.70°C and exceeding the temperature of the previous warmest January in 2020 by 0.12°C. This marks the eighth consecutive month where the recorded temperatures set new records for their respective months. Although the global temperature anomaly for January 2024 was lower compared to the last six months of 2023, it remained higher than any anomalies recorded before July 2023. In relation to a pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), January 2024 was notably warmer, registering a 1.66°C increase in comparison to the est...
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GTA 6: Trailer for new game revealed after online leak

GTA 6: Trailer for new game revealed after online leak

International, Lifestyle & Social, Science & Technology
The trailer for the sixth game in the Grand Theft Auto series has finally been revealed after fans waited over a decade for news on the hotly anticipated game. Set in Miami-inspired Vice City, it is a story of love and crime between lead protagonist, Lucia, and an unnamed male. Rockstar unveiled the trailer 15 hours early, after it leaked online. It teases a 2025 release which means fans will still have to wait to play.ADVERTISEMENT The sixth main game in the series will be the sequel to 2013's smash hit GTA V, which became the second best-selling video game of all time, following Minecraft. There have been seemingly endless rumours and leaks for the past decade about GTA VI. The mere confirmation that a trailer was coming - an announcement of an announceme...
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Ghana to get 5G by next year – NCA

Ghana to get 5G by next year – NCA

Ghana News, Science & Technology
The Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Joe Anokye, has revealed that 5G wireless data communication will soon be made available to mobile carriers. He, however, hinted at a policy revision to make this possible. "We have made sure that the spectrum required for five 5G is available. There are few policies that must be made as to exactly how spectrum will be made available. "It is very complicated, because of the way the market is, we don't want to proceed and only one entity will have the capability of acquiring the 5G," he explained. Mr Anokye said this at the 12th R.P Baffour memorial lectures organized by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. Mr Anokye again stressed the need for infrastructural boost ...
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