Google said on Thursday it will build a fiber optic cable to connect Africa and Australia. Named Umoja (a Swahili word meaning “unity”), one end of the cable will start in Kenya and pass through ...

Why it matters: Google already has a significant presence in Africa, but this new undersea cable will extend its influence on the continent, particularly in Kenya where engineers will anchor the cable ...

Google announced its venture that already arrived in Lome, Togo, and it is with the Equino underwater fiber optics cable that aims to bring a fast internet connection for the users of the region. It ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Google team has spent the last couple months traveling the country searching for places in need of an internet upgrade; Idaho is one of those places that will be the future home for ...

Des Moines residents want fast internet, but to get it they're having to put up with an ongoing welter of construction. Google Fiber, Metronet and Lumen Technology, formerly CenturyLink, are ...

Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fiber-optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia. The news comes as the major cloud hyperscalers battle it out for ...