Broadband cable operator SEACOM has added new Internet exchange points in Nairobi and Kampala expected to increase speeds for its customers.
The undersea cable fibre optic provider Thursday said the new exchanges will especially improve connection speeds for customers linking to Europe and across Africa.
“We continue to invest in enhancing the Internet experience for our customers, whether they are connecting with services and content in Africa or the rest of the world,” said SEACOM head of engineering Mark Tinka in a statement.
Larger internet service providers (ISPs) with their own backbone networks agree to allow traffic from other large ISPs in exchange for traffic on their networks. They also exchange traffic with smaller ISPs so as to reach regional end points.
SEACOM said its transit network now offers African service providers and network operators direct connectivity to a range of small, medium and large partner networks in Europe.
The company has points of presence (PoPs) in Europe’s five busiest centres for Internet traffic – Stockholm, Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt and Marseille.
Marseille is one of the key landing points in Europe for most of the marine cables coming in from Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Mr Tinka said that since the bulk of Africa’s international traffic goes into and comes out of Europe, SEACOM was now positioned to provide a better experience for the continent’s growing population of broadband users.
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