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Gateway
Communications Awarded NFP Licence in Kenya
Gateway Communications has been awarded three new licenses, including
the Network Facilities Provider (NFP) Tier 2 Licence by the Communications
Commission of Kenya. The new licenses further Gateway’s drive
to build a pan-African connectivity network that covers every major
African city, based on satellite, submarine cable and terrestrial
(fibre) infrastructure.
In
addition to the NFP, Gateway has secured its Application Services
Provider (ASP) license and its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
license. The awards mean that the leader in pan-African telecommunications
can build infrastructure in Kenya and deliver telecommunications
services to end users, to undertake the “construction, installation
and operation of electronic communications systems in Kenya”.
Gateway
now has the first and only fully redundant MPLS backbone on SEACOM
in Kenya, which interconnects South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania,
Kenya and Europe. This provides guaranteed quality of service to
business and carrier customers, who can also prioritise voice or
data traffic over the MPLS network.
As
an East African hub, a lot of multinationals are headquartered in
Nairobi, requiring reliable communications up and down the East
Coast. We can now provide direct connectivity for businesses from
Kenya to South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, as well as Europe and
the US, with our MPLS network.
Gateway
will continue to invest in infrastructure in East Africa, and is
installing its own satellite teleports in Kenya. The company is
also building terrestrial points of presence in Nairobi to offer national
and international connections for sectors such as banking, mining
and retail. These are backed by fully redundant generator power.
Opportunities
abound in East Africa and we are very excited about the prospect
for more and better connectivity improving access to education,
information and global networks. Having expanded our offices in Nairobi
and Kampala this year, we are already further developing and growing our services and
network in the region. The license agreement in Kenya means that we can continue
to offer communications across satellite, wireless systems or cable
and at the same time provide the terrestrial infrastructure to meet the ever-growing demand
of carriers and businesses across the region.
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