ICT solutions provider Access Kenya has launched a 140-kilometre metropolitan fibre optic cable, providing redundancy and uninterrupted Internet services to Nairobi’s Central Business District and high-end residential areas.
“Currently, 99% of our network is built as fibre rings; if we experience a cut, the other half of the ring will immediately carry the traffic”, said Access Kenya managing director, Jonathan Somen, quoted by Kenya’s daily, The East African.
According to Somen, the cable uses Carrier Ethernet fibre optic network technology, which is preferred by large carriers in the EU and North America and offers good coverage for connecting buildings and residential areas.
Access Kenya’s new metropolitan fibre project, developed at a cost of $5.3 million with India’s ECI Telecom, will cater to an estimated 3,500 residential customers. The first phase of the project is aimed at 250 buildings.
