Page 3 - WIOCC Newsletter NOV 2018

Focus on WIOCC
• Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) design and
build commences with
WIOCC leading the
development
• WIOCC overturns established industry model, introducing flexible commercial terms for African subsea capacity
• EASSy completed and commissioned on 1st August
• Shareholders first users of capacity
• First non-shareholder service activated
• WIOCC Network
Operations Centre
(NOC) created to support
growing network and customer base
• EASSy awarded Best Cable Project award at the Submarine Networks World 2010 awards
• WIOCC makes strategic investments in EIG and WACS, creating a unique, diversity-rich, high- capacity ring around Africa
• WIOCC wins best Pan-
African Initiative Award
at AfricaCom for
building an unrivalled,
high-capacity network that
seamlessly integrates more than 50,000km of African terrestrial fibre with 40,000km of international submarine cables
• First EASSy upgrade using 40Gbps technology
• WIOCC improves international connectivity, reducing bandwidth prices in Lesotho by 67% supporting the Lesotho government’s 8th millennium goal to avail the benefits of new technologies for its citizens
• DANTE (Delivery of
Advanced Network Technology to
Europe) award WIOCC a contract for connectivity to Southern and Eastern Africa, establishing a sub-Saharan regional research and education network contributing to modernisation and development of education in the region
• WIOCC South Africa registered – the company’s first subsidiary
• Second EASSy cable upgrade, boosting ultra-broadband capacity with 100Gbps technology
• Service Management team is created alongside the NOC (Network Operations Centre) & TAC (Technical Assistance Centre) teams to deliver the best client service. Today, WIOCCs Client Champions are recognisably the best in Africa!
• WIOCC & Dalkom Somalia win GTB Innovation Award for being first to bring direct, high- capacity, international connectivity to Somalia, transforming lives & the economy
• WIOCC launches a virtual landing point in landlocked Lesotho
• WIOCC partners with shareholder TelOne to build a network across Zimbabwe
• WIOCC adds IP connectivity and Metro services to its business portfolio
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