{"id":20044,"date":"2011-05-04T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-04T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T08:50:00","slug":"main-one-and-seacom-join-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/20044-main-one-and-seacom-join-forces.html","title":{"rendered":"Main One and SEACOM join forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/331276-Main-One\">Main One<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227005-SEACOM\">SEACOM<\/a> have interconnected their West and East African Cable Systems to launch capacity services from PoP to PoP, from a STM-1 level and above.<\/p>\n<p>This partnership extends the Main One and SEACOM networks to create a system that offers connection between any SEACOM and Main One PoPs all around Africa between South Africa and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/331272-Funke-Opeke\">Funke Opeke<\/a>, Main One CEO, explained: &ldquo;While efforts to implement a physical cable between Nigeria and South Africa continue, we have joined our cables together in Europe to satisfy many of our customers&rsquo; immediate requirements for capacity between Nigeria and South Africa.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As with the Main One and SEACOM cables themselves, the joint solution is provided on an open-access basis and is immediately available, providing customers with a timing advantage ahead of the completion of other planned systems around the African continent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/brian_herlihy_169454498.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brian Herlihy\" title=\"Brian Herlihy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We hold the view that a ring-type system around the entire continent is the best way to attain adequate redundancy whilst offering customers a comprehensive connectivity solution. The announcement today shows our determination to find a viable way to extend our system with partners who share our vision to build the African Internet,&rdquo; said <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/207951-Brian-Herlihy\">Brian Herlihy<\/a>, SEACOM CEO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/331274-Main-One-and-SEACOM-partner-to-offer-capacity-between-Nigeria-and-South-Africa\"><strong>Main One and SEACOM join forces<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; Comments and views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main One and SEACOM join forces to offer capacity between Nigeria and South Africa immediately<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telecoms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}