…Nigeria, Ghana, Others To Benefit From Deal
TelCables West Africa, a subsidiary of Angola Cables, and a leading global Network as a Service (NaaS) provider, Megaport, have announced an arrangement whereby TelCables customers can selectively connect to over 930 data centres and more than 300 cloud nodes, at reduced fees and network charges of up to 75%, using the international Angola Cables backbone network.
For the TelCables customers, this means having On-Net connectivity at reduced costs and lead times when requesting international access and multi cloud connectivity to public and private clouds such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle, Alibaba and Google Cloud.
In addition, this also implies that, financial, AI content and other content being hosted by major data center operators in the USA and Europe can be cached closer to markets in Nigeria, Ghana and other countries in the West African region.
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A news report from African Press Orgnaisation (APO) Group distributed on behalf of Angola Cables on Wednesday indicated that through this collaboration, Angola Cables would also interconnect their actual key global locations – New York, Miami, and London to allow users to benefit from real-time circuit provisioning to more than 530 Data Centre Locations in US and more than 260 Data Centre locations in Europe, thereby effectively giving customers immediate availability (99.99% uptime availability) at minimal latencies.
Speaking on his company’s partnership with Megaport on the technological initiative, CEO of TelCables Nigeria and West Africa, Fernando Fernandez, explained that Megaport chose the Angola Cables and Telcables West Africa as African Partners due to the network efficiency and latency optimization that the Angola Cables’ network offers.
He expatiated: “This is a major leap forward for digital connectivity on the African continent and given the configuration of our subsea cable and partner networks, we are effectively opening a ‘super corridor’ for the express transit of data and traffic from East to West.”
The industry expert maintained that his company’s agreement with Megaport offered multiple benefits for enterprises across Nigeria and West Africa – especially for those businesses looking for flexible connectivity with adjustable bandwidth – at affordable rates – allowing businesses to scale-up and expand their operations to other parts of Africa and primary destinations in international markets.
The TelCables chief said: “The simple and efficient interface gives users the ability to access financial institutions, from the major stock exchanges to international banking and investment houses. The options are almost limitless, whether it is an academic or research institution looking to link into a learning institution in the US or a business looking to expand into Singapore. The low-latency connections can be set-up within a matter of minutes through the easy-to-use Megaport platform that makes it possible for companies to connect and scale their businesses instantly.”
Commenting on the partnership, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Global Channel for Megaport, Matt Simpson, explained that the strategic partnership would benefit all parties and open a door to a range of solutions and services that could benefit emerging economies and businesses in Africa currently using the Angola Cables’ backbone network.
He clarified: “Our extensive SDN simplifies connectivity for enterprises looking to interconnect between data centres, cloud and AI, internet exchanges, and 300+ service providers across five continents. The reach and capabilities of our global NaaS platform helps businesses by removing many of the traditional access complexities when it comes to technical resources, capital costs, performance, and network security.
According to him, the Megaport global ecosystem also gives customers direct access to its latest AI-Exchange and Financial Services Exchange.
Fernandes assured: “As the most interconnected network operator in Africa, our collaboration with Megaport effectively gives businesses across the African continent the means to expand their operations and increase their revenues by reaching customers in the global marketplace – wherever they may be located.”
