Tata Communications has entered into a partnership with Infinity Africa, to expand its global network and service offering further into East Africa, following its establishment of a point of presence in Kenya six months ago.
Tata Communications has been providing internet and voice services in Tanzania for over 10 years as Teleglobe which it bought in February 2006. This point of presence in Dar-es-Salaam offers tier 1 IP service in Tanzania and will enable local service providers to offer internet access.
According to Tata Communications, the new point of presence at Dar-es-Salaam is configured to automatically offer redundant paths for all traffic going towards the global internet via Europe and South Africa.
In addition, service providers will have the added advantages of scalability, flexibility and lower latency to South Africa and Kenya, the company claims.
Claude Sassoulas, managing director for Europe and Africa at Tata communications said: “Tata communications expansions into East Africa and its presence in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania will bring the internet closer to the local enterprise and provide users direct access to one of the most dynamically routed and high-performance global IP networks.
“Tata communications in East Africa provides a resilient and diverse backbone with connectivity between Kenya and Tanzania to South Africa.”
