SEACOM has announced it activated the second of its two terrestrial routes across Egypt on 8 November 2012
The company claimed the cable system would now provide increased reliability to its customers in Egypt for traffic routed to Europe and the US. The activation of the new route follows the activation of the primary route on 22 January 2012.
Claes Segelberg, chief technology officer at SEACOM, said, “Customers are now protected against any disruptions to the primary route across Egypt with an alternate route. We are proud to be the first cable system in the region to offer our customers this additional protection as part of SEACOM’s continuous drive to enhance services to our customers.”
Mark Simpson, CEO of SEACOM, added, “This important link in the system will provide an excellent resilient low-latency foundation for the IP product and content services we offer our customers.
“In addition to the Egypt route, we also offer our IP customers breakout options to Mumbai, India - another first among Africa’s network providers.”
