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Tata Communications, Infinity Africa to expand global network
By siliconindia
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Monday, 10 May 2010, 18:08 IST
Mumbai: Tata Communications partners with Infinity Africa, a licensed data services provider in Tanzania, to spread out the reach of Tata Communications IP network further into East Africa. The company's establishment of a point of presence (Pop) in Kenya six months ago reinforces its commitment to emerging markets.
Tata Communications has been rendering internet and voice services in Tanzania for over 10 years as Teleglobe. This Pop in Dar-es-Salaam offers tier 1 IP service in Tanzania which helps the local Service Providers to offer highly resilient Internet access.
Claude Sassoulas, Managing Director, Europe and Africa, Tata Communications says, "Tata Communications' expansion into East Africa and its presence in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania will bring the internet closer to the local enterprise. Tata Communications in East Africa provides a resilient and diverse backbone with connectivity between Kenya and Tanzania to South Africa."
The new point of presence at Dar-es-Salaam is organized to automatically offer redundant paths for all traffic going towards the Global Internet via Europe and South Africa. This redundancy is especially created to guarantee the continuity of service in case of network outages. It has added advantages of greater scalability, flexibility and lower latency to South Africa and Kenya.
"We are very happy to be partnering with Tata Communications," said Hussein Dharsee, Managing Director - Infinity Africa. "Partnering with one of the world's largest carriers of international communication services allows us to offer unprecedented levels of service and reliability."
With this collaboration with Tata Communications,Infinity Africa can now provide reliable high speed internet access to its growing customer base.
