MANSFIELD, Massachusetts and
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
New infrastructure and innovative technologies from Telco
Systems will enable Internet Solutions Kenya to
expand network capacity and improve services
Telco Systems, the leading provider of innovative CE 2.0, MPLS,
IP and SDN & NFV solutions, and Internet Solutions Kenya, a
Pan-African communications service provider of cloud,
communication, connectivity and carrier services within
Kenya and connecting outside
Kenya, today jointly announced the
selection of Telco Systems to upgrade Internet Solutions Kenya's
entire fiber network infrastructure to 10GB.
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Internet Solutions Kenya provides advanced cloud, communication,
connectivity and carrier services to public and private sector
organizations in Kenya and across
East Africa. With its
newly-upgraded network, Internet Solutions Kenya will serve
thousands of enterprises in its country and across the region with
advanced business services.
Telco Systems will provide Internet Solutions Kenya with a
fully-automated software-defined network with the capacity to
support 10GE. This new network will also be fully orchestrated,
benefiting Internet Solutions Kenya with rapid service provisioning
and simplified network deployment and maintenance activities. To
facilitate this network upgrade project, Telco Systems will supply
Internet Solutions Kenya with its EdgeGenie Orchestrator service
management system along its T-Metro 7124, T-Marc 3348 and T-Marc
3308 demarcation devices.
By upgrading its network capacity to 10GE, Internet Solutions
Kenya will improve of the quality of its services, support more
data traffic and meet the growing bandwidth requirements of its
customers.
This network upgrade will also provide Internet Solutions Kenya
with full MPLS services across all parts of the fiber network all
the way to the customer. In addition, this network upgrade will
include the latest MEF 2.0 standards, which will allow Internet
Solutions Kenya to deliver more robust services to their
customers.
"In the last two years, we have been experiencing a growing
demand for higher capacity and other layered services from our
customers," said Richard Hechle, Managing Director of Internet
Solutions Kenya. "We are pleased to be expanding our long-standing
relationship with Telco Systems and we are confident that the
company's innovation networking technologies will enable us to
deliver more capacity and will allow us to better utilize our
infrastructure in order to better serve customers with new and
improved services."
"For Internet Solutions Kenya, this network upgrade is a major
step forward in creating one of the highest quality and most
reliable networks not only in Kenya, but across Africa," explained Ariel Efrati, CEO of Telco Systems. "This
world-class network that we are building for Internet Solutions
Kenya is in line with global trends across the telco industry and
an example of one of the many similar major network upgrades that
we have recently delivered, enabling our service provider customers
to take on more business and expand their service offerings."
Telco Systems will be exhibiting its entire portfolio of
networking solutions at the MPLS+SDN+NFV World event at Booth # 201
in Paris, France during
March 21 to March 24.
About Telco Systems
Telco Systems delivers an industry-leading portfolio of Carrier
Ethernet and MPLS-based demarcation, aggregation, NFV and vCPE
solutions, enabling service providers to create intelligent,
service-assured, CE 2.0-compliant networks for mobile backhaul,
business services and cloud networking. Telco Systems' end-to-end
Ethernet, SDN/NFV-ready product portfolio delivers significant
advantages to service providers, utilities and city carriers
competing in a rapidly evolving telecommunications market. Telco
Systems is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced
Communications (LSE: BVC).
To learn more, visit Telco Systems at http://www.telco.com or
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About Internet Solutions Kenya
Internet Solutions Kenya (Formerly AccessKenya Group) is a
Pan-African communications service provider of cloud,
communication, connectivity and carrier services within
Kenya and connecting outside
Kenya.
In September 2013, AccessKenya
Group was acquired by the Dimension Data Group at a cost of Ksh.
3.05 Billion and is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dimension
Data Group which is owned by NTT Group. IS Kenya leverages infrastructure and global
footprint to support organizations with the rapid deployment of
emerging technologies.
The company holds four licenses from the Communications
Authority of Kenya (CA) including
DCNO, ISP, PDNO, and Local Loop Operator licenses in addition to
being a shareholder of TEAMS Ltd; having additional capacity on the
Seacom international cable and in partnership with TATA
Communications for a Tier 1 PoP, offering four connections to the
rest of the world.
Press Contacts
For Telco Systems
Tony Miller
+1 617 418 3024
tony@noteya.com
For Internet Solutions (IS) Kenya
Waithera Kuria
+257 733 158 457
Waithera.kuria@proaktiv.co.ke
SOURCE Telco Systems & Internet Solutions Kenya