Suburban Telecom, a subsidiary of SubUrban West Africa, has successfully deployed an inland fiber optic cable Network that now link Nigeria to Ghana and some francophone countries of Benin Republic and Togo.
The telecom giant which is one of the domestic and an international long distance carrier of I P backbone provider is collaborating with a leading GSM operator, that has much presence in multiple Africa countries to anchor customers on it new connectivity between Nigeria and Ghana as well Benin and Togo.
The Network launch is the first of it kind in West Africa that will provide the most efficient and reliable connectivity to the region.
Mr. Bruce Ayonote, the company’s group chief executive officer in a statement said, prior to the deployment, the only option available to connect these West African countries was by fiber over the Sat -3 sub marine cable net work and by Satellite Technology.
According to the statement, Ayonote said, Sat-3 submarine cable network does not here a lending station in Togo and Benin Republic, that satellite technology does not offer the some benefits as fiber optic technology does, but with the deployment of the Net work users of bandwidth Services across West Africa will now have full Network redundancy over fiber as an option between the regions largest markets.
The group chief executive officer further said that there will be a significant impact on the market due to the deployment of the Net work that would not only lead a reduction in bandwidth cost but also a further reduction in voice tariff.
Adding that it will be similar to that of MTN and that Africans has largest mobile operators with Net work in multiple west African countries, but with this development they can as will benefit from the connection suburban is providing.
He further said, Regional financial institutions and multinational can also leverage on this same infrastructure to connect to their branches network for improved data services.
The group chief executive said the net work at present is only connected to the incumbent carriers among all the regional countries linking back to Nigerian net works for higher quality voice and data exchange.
He concluded that suburban company has been on the cutting edge of innovative technology solutions in west Africa and that the new net work is yet another miles stone not only to the achievement of the company but also to Nigerians and to west African at large that tagged it self as the most efficient backbone provider..
