Gateway Business, a Vodacom Group company and supplier of African telecommunications services has selected Cisco for its multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network in Nigeria and across sub-Saharan Africa.
p style="text-align: left;">Gateway Business, a Vodacom Group company and supplier of African telecommunications services has selected Cisco for its multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network in Nigeria and across sub-Saharan Africa.
This deployment means that Cisco technology solutions will drive an IP next generation network (NGN) for Gateway Business, employing intelligent MPLS technologies.
By utilizing Cisco technology, Gateway Business is able to use MPLS at the core of its pan-African network and a blend of fiber, wireless or satellite at the access level. Gateway Business is one of the largest independent providers of secure, high speed, reliable bandwidth services in Africa. Over 1,500 multi-national corporations rely on Gateway to deliver business critical information between head quarters and branch offices from simple voice solutions, to private MPLS virtual private networks (VPNs) and internet access.
In Nigeria, Gateway Business is deploying a national MPLS network, rolling out wireless broadband services across 36 different states in 2010 and 2011.
Gateway Communications, the groups Carrier Services and Wholesale division, is also an investor in the West Africa Cable System (WACS), which will bring additional capacity in to Nigeria by mid-2011. Through this agreement with Cisco Gateway will be able to immediately deploy a range of new services for customers in Nigeria, West Africa, and across the African continent.
Paul Jaikaran, executive director (Technology) of Gateway Communications said ""Gateway focuses on delivering an integrated end-user experience through high quality products and services to our customers throughout the sub-Saharan region. Cisco's leadership in IP solutions will enable us to maintain this competitive advantage by delivering converged voice, video, and data services on a common infrastructure to both consumers and business. This is another key milestone for Gateway Business as we continue to invest in and deploy world class terrestrial networks across Africa."
