Quick Congo – a subsidiary of GBS & the Paratus Group – declares huge fiber capability is now activated in DRC.
The Paratus Group subsidiary within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Quick Congo, declares that its 620-kilometer fiber optic community hyperlink between Muanda on the West Coast and the capital, Kinshasa, is now energetic. The fiber hyperlink will ship excessive pace connectivity to the area by way of the Paratus Group’s pan-African community.
The fiber freeway was initially put in and funded by the World Financial institution following which, final yr, the DRC authorities entity, Société Congolaise de Fibre Optique (SOCOF ) introduced that Quick Congo had gained the tender to deploy, function and preserve the fiber hyperlink in an unique 15-year license contract. Over the previous few months, Quick Congo has been putting in the mandatory infrastructure to attach the community, which is now stay and totally operational.
By including DRC to its community, Paratus group now boasts a novel and contiguous footprint in Africa, which incorporates: places of work in seven SADC international locations; 5 Information Facilities (together with the Google Equiano Cable touchdown station in Namibia); 6,000 VSAT terminals; an prolonged community by way of satellite tv for pc connectivity-focused service in additional than 37 African international locations; and worldwide factors of presence (PoPs) within the UK, Europe and the USA.
The inauguration occasion for the brand new DRC fiber route passed off in the present day, on March 16th, in Kinshasa. It was attended by a number of delegates from the DRC authorities together with executives from International Broadband Options (GBS) and Paratus Group.
Talking on the occasion, Paratus Group CEO, Mr Schalk Erasmus mentioned: “It is a main milestone in delivering top quality and high-capacity community providers within the DRC. We’re uniquely positioned to attach the nation to Angola and Zambia and past by way of our community in southern Africa.”
GBS Inc. CEO, Mr Hassan Yahfoufi provides: “The brand new community will unlock big financial potential within the area. For the second, we’re solely providing wholesale connectivity options and it will allow different operators to supply high-speed fiber connectivity to companies and shoppers within the Democratic Republic of Congo, offering them with limitless alternatives to attach with anybody throughout the continent and globally.”
About Paratus
Paratus is Africa’s high quality community. With a watch on the longer term, the group’s funding in infrastructure underscores its long-term dedication to remodel Africa by way of distinctive digital infrastructure and customer support. Paratus is managed by a passionate {and professional} operational workforce in seven African international locations – Angola, Botswana, DRC, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia. The enterprise’s prolonged community supplies a satellite tv for pc connectivity-focused service in additional than 35 African international locations to a magnitude of buyer satellite tv for pc connections throughout Africa. This connects African companies throughout the continent and delivers end-to-end service excellence. The group’s footprint extends past Africa to worldwide (factors of presence) PoPs in Europe, the UK, and the USA.
Born and bred in Africa, Paratus is pondering large because it grows its footprint to ship Africa’s high quality community. By understanding the distinctive alternatives that Africa provides companies and people to interrupt boundaries and to attach with out limits, Paratus is dedicated to elevating the bar for offering high quality connectivity in Africa.
About Quick Congo
Quick Congo is a joint-venture between Paratus Group and International Broadband Options. A specialist within the design and provide of telecommunication options, it provides wholesale fiber providers within the Democratic Republic of Congo, supported by a workforce of skilled and extremely certified engineers and technicians.
