HUGE MARKET: African mobile phone operator Vodacom on Wednesday reported a 40% jump in revenue from data usage in the fourth quarter, as smartphone use continued to grow. — ©AFP/Relaxnews 2014
JOHANNESBURG: African telecoms cable operator Seacom said it had repaired a fault with a broadband cable that hit Internet traffic across much of the continent on Jan 21.
Seacom's cable runs along the east African coastline linking South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique with Europe and Asia.
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