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Tata Comm ties up with AccessKenya

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MUMBAI, INDIA: Telecommunications services provider Tata Communications and Kenya based ICT company AccessKenya Group today announced that they have signed a partnership agreement to establish a Tier 1 Internet Point-of-Presence (PoP) for Tata Communications in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Tata Communications is also the number one provider out of Kenya for global Internet connectivity to local carriers, service providers and mobile operators. By building a PoP in Kenya, Tata Communications would 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, said a press release.

The IP PoP is configured to automatically offer redundant paths for Internet traffic going north towards Europe and southwards to South Africa well as to Asia and India over the SEACOM cable system.

Previously, in order for service providers in Kenya to offer Internet links to Asia or South Africa, they needed to buy international fiber through a cable network to London, meaning all traffic would be routed through London rather than through a more direct route.

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“We are delighted to have been chosen by Tata Communications to partner with them for the establishment of the first Tier 1 Internet PoP in Kenya “ said Jonathan Somen, AccessKenya Group managing director.

“Tata Communications is one of the world’s largest carriers of international data traffic. Setting up a PoP in Kenya puts the company in the global connectivity map. AccessKenya has already signed up as the first customer on the jointly launched PoP to enable their customers to benefit from the new connectivity, ” he added.

Claude Sassoulas, managing director for Global Data Solutions at Tata Communications, said: “Tata Communications is well established in the African market and has been providing Internet access to ISPs for over 10 years in Kenya and other African countries, via the acquisition of Teleglobe. We are pleased to be able to draw on AccessKenya’s data expertise in the establishment of the PoP.”

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