Telecoms firms secure five global internet paths

In the event that SMW4 has a problem, AccessKenya’s customers will be operational through their connection in Mumbai. 

Last week, UUNET Kenya acquired a second international Point of Presence (POP) in London.

The other international Point of Presence (PoP) that the company has had since 2005 is located in Fuchsstadt Germany.

The Managing Director, Mr Tom Omariba, said the POP will reduce the number of hops (time loss) its corporate clients take to access the internet and their global corporate data networks.

“In addition to our customers accessing the internet faster, we will be able to offer additional new solutions like the international Private Line Circuits (IPLC) private network,” said Omariba.

The move is in line with the company’s fibre implementation strategy to interconnect with the major global internet carriers through the two international Points of Presence (PoPs).

This investment which will guarantee its customers high speed internet access coupled with redundancy to Asia, Europe, Americas and the rest of the world via a global fibre network.

Build capacity

The company recently migrated all its corporate customers from satellite powered internet to fibre optic cable, doubling their bandwidth and increasing internet speeds in the process.

The migration will see UUNET build capacity to provide end to end managed services with a high internet availability.

It will also see the company provide other advanced data services like International Private Line Circuits (IPLCs) and International MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching).

The migration of UUNET’s clients to fibre came after the installation of an equipment purchased from US based Juniper Networks as part of its Sh750 million ($10 million) investment in system upgrading.