Internet Solutions (IS), a leading South African converged communications services provider, has announced that its new PoP (Point of Presence) has gone live in Accra, Ghana. The new connectivity infrastructure, which terminates on SAT3 in London, has an additional fail-over capacity via VSAT connection.
Jacques Rautenbach, manager Africa Solutions, at IS, said: “The VSAT fail-over ensures our West African customers get a totally reliable service, with a minimum of over 99% up time.”
The new PoP in Accra offers MPLS (Multi-protocol Label Switching) alongside satellite service. Data is relayed locally via 2 microwave networks.
“Currently with a two-megabit capacity, it can easily be expanded to meet all the needs of our corporate customers, especially banks and international organisations. Standard Chartered Bank and the Central bank of Ghana are our first customers on the node,” said Rautenbach.
IS worked on this project with Comsys, an ISP in Ghana which provides VSAT service across Western African countries. The new connectivity node in Ghana is part of the IS network rollout in Africa, and follows implementation of additional nodes in South Africa, Namibia and Mauritius.
About Internet Solutions
Internet Solutions (IS) has transformed its business model and become a leading Converged Communications Service Provider in the country.
The business was founded on the principle of developing a robust infrastructure in order for corporates to conduct e- Business. Over the past decade IS has established itself as a leader in this space, attracting over 80% of South Africa's top businesses as clients.
During its 10 year life span IS has evolved and grown its service offerings. Today, the company is the leading Hosting Service Provider and Security Service Provider in South Africa, as well as having significant market share in the Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Application Service Provider (ASP) space.
Internet Solutions, with an Empowerdex BBB rating, has earned an impressive collection of accolades, including eight First National Bank “Most Admired” awards, two Financial Mail Best Company to Work For awards, a place in the Top Unlisted Company Awards, first place in the ISP category for ComputerWeek Strategist's Best of Breed IT Awards, 2004, and 8th in the Top ICT Companies, 2005.
The company partners with major players such as Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle BT and AT&T and in 2002 was certified as a Cisco Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), the first and only company outside of the US to be awarded this accolade.
For more visit us on http://www.is.co.za
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