Thursday, September 17, 2009
India to provide fast internet in Africa
Tata Communications and AccessKenya Group announced on September 9th that they have signed a partnership agreement to establish a Tier 1 internet point of presence (PoP) for Tata Communications in Nairobi, Kenya.
Tata Communications is a global Tier 1 IP provider with 1.5Tbps meshed network built on 10G backbones. By building a PoP in Kenya, Tata Communications will be able to offer internet and other service providers access to one of the most dynamically routed and high-performance global IP networks for service delivery.
Countries that are already connected to the Seacom cable have reported that Internet prices have fallen by 30 percent since July this year, when the cable was launched. African business process outsourcing firms are expected to be the big winners as a result of countries connecting to the cable.
IMO: Certainly parts of Africa have decent enough cybercafes and schools with computers already, and so a decent fast fibre optical link should be most welcome. This contrasts with the behaviour of other nations like the UK and China who just want to take as much mineral wealth from Africa including precious metals and diamonds for cheap prices. India is trying to provide something and improved communications will help both areas which are far from rich.
Tata Communications is a global Tier 1 IP provider with 1.5Tbps meshed network built on 10G backbones. By building a PoP in Kenya, Tata Communications will be able to offer internet and other service providers access to one of the most dynamically routed and high-performance global IP networks for service delivery.
Countries that are already connected to the Seacom cable have reported that Internet prices have fallen by 30 percent since July this year, when the cable was launched. African business process outsourcing firms are expected to be the big winners as a result of countries connecting to the cable.
IMO: Certainly parts of Africa have decent enough cybercafes and schools with computers already, and so a decent fast fibre optical link should be most welcome. This contrasts with the behaviour of other nations like the UK and China who just want to take as much mineral wealth from Africa including precious metals and diamonds for cheap prices. India is trying to provide something and improved communications will help both areas which are far from rich.
# posted by uv : 4:16 AM
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