TelCables West Africa, a subsidiary of Angola Cables and leading global Network as a Service (NaaS) provider, Megaport have announced a dual 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. This also means 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.
Through this collaboration, Angola Cables will 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. This effectively gives customers immediate availability (99.99% uptime availability) at minimal latencies.
Fernando Fernandes, CEO of TelCables Nigeria and West Africa, says 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. “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.”
Fernandes maintains that the agreement with Megaport offers 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 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.”
Executive Vice President of Business Development and Global Channel for Megaport, Matt Simpson, says the strategic partnership benefits all parties and opens 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. “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,” notes Simpson. “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.
The Megaport global ecosystem also gives customers direct access to its latest AI-Exchange and Financial Services Exchange.
“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,” concluded Fernandes.
