20 March 2017

Telco Systems CEO Ariel Efrati (right) says the new network will be one of the best in Africa. Also pictured is Richard Hechle, MD of Internet Solutions Kenya.

Telco Systems will upgrade Internet Solutions Kenya’s (ISK) entire fibre network infrastructure to 10G.

Formerly AccessKenya Group, ISK provides cloud, communication, connectivity and carrier services to public and private sector organisations in Kenya and across East Africa.

It is a licensed DCNO, ISP, PDNO and local loop operator in addition to being a shareholder in TEAMS (The East Africa Marine System).

Telco says it will provide a fully automated software-defined network with the capacity to support 10GbE.

The vendor will supply its T-Metro 7124, T-Marc 3348 and T-Marc 3308 demarcation devices, as well as its EdgeGenie Orchestrator service management system.

It says this means the network will be fully orchestrated, allowing rapid service provisioning along with simplified network deployment and maintenance activities for ISK. 

“In the last two years, we have been experiencing a growing demand for higher capacity and other layered services from our customers,” says Richard Hechle, MD, Internet Solutions Kenya.

“We are confident that [Telco Systems’] innovation networking technologies will enable us to deliver more capacity and will allow us to better utilise our infrastructure in order to better serve customers with new and improved services.”

It’s claimed the newly upgraded network will enable ISK to serve thousands of enterprises in Kenya and across the region with advanced business services. 

It will also provide the company with full MPLS services across all parts of the fibre network and all the way to the customer.

In addition, Telco says the network upgrade will now include the latest MEF 2.0 standards, which means ISK will be able to deliver “more robust” services to its customers.

“This network upgrade is a major step forward in creating one of the highest quality and most reliable networks, not only in Kenya but across Africa,” says Telco’s CEO Ariel Efrati.