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<\/a>Byron Clatterbuck<\/p><\/div>\n
SEACOM also hit a milestone with the launch of its business services for corporate customers in Kenya in August 2016 – reaching a total of 1,000 enterprise customers by November.<\/p>\n
\u201cSEACOM now has more than 100 channel partners across Africa which support these enterprise customers, and is working with them to deliver more than 100 new services each month,\u201d said Clatterbuck.<\/p>\n
SEACOM also grew its reach in South African and Kenyan metros by establishing interconnect agreements with last-mile suppliers.<\/p>\n
In areas where there is no last-mile fibre in the ground, the company secured wireless network access.<\/p>\n
After the successful Kenyan and South African roll-outs, SEACOM plans to take its enterprise business to more African countries in 2017.<\/p>\n
In South Africa, SEACOM acquired the business of Photon Fibre Link\u00a0to strengthen its fibre Internet access business.<\/p>\n
\u201cSEACOM is evaluating several other small acquisitions, with an emphasis on companies in Durban, Cape Town, and Kenya that could add enterprise customers or last-mile assets to its portfolio.”<\/p>\n
Bandwidth Growth<\/h3>\n
Recognising that demand for bandwidth is accelerating as media streaming and cloud usage grows, SEACOM has invested in shifting key elements of the network to 100G technology – which increases capacity throughput while reducing cost.<\/p>\n
\u201cInitially, SEACOM is lighting 500Gbps in new capacity on the new backbone platform from Africa to Europe that comes online in January 2017,\u201d said Clatterbuck.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to the new technology, additional upgrades can be done as needed with less than 30 days\u2019 lead time.\u201d<\/p>\n