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Metacom unveils the most advanced
enterprise router in Africa
Metacom has unveiled the MC6000 Enterprise Router, one
of the most advanced routers of its kind. “With this router, all
services are integrated into a single, custom developed device
that can handle multiple fibre connections for seamless,
speedy throughput,” says Réan van Niekerk, Managing
Director of Metacom.
The MC6000 has been designed to tackle the African
environment, with dual power supplies for rural areas where
reliable power is a challenge. It also includes a plethora of
digital interfaces that can be activated remotely and tailored
to measure specific, customer-defined parameters. “We can
use the device to measure any number of external triggers
such as temperature or weather. The MC6000 allows our
clients to customise it to deliver whatever services they want,”
adds van Niekerk. The MC6000 can manage ADSL, GSM, fibre
and Wi-Fi, ticking all the requisite connectivity boxes. It also
comes with expansion slots to allow for steady, customer-led
growth into services and capabilities, and to ensure longevity
and sustainability.
“We’ve found that our customers have different tiers of
stores and these have unique requirements for connectivity
and service delivery. The high throughput or flagship stores
that want the fibre-level services with video displays and
customer Wi-Fi, for example, will benefit from the capabilities
embedded into the MC6000,” says van Niekerk. Additional
features include the two SFP slots and its ability to accept
100BASE-LX,100BASE-SX and 1.25G SFP modules, two USB
ports, the 1GHz iMX6S ARM Cortex A9 processor, and the Wi-Fi
module with support for multiple SSIDs and diversity antenna.
“This router is designed to fit seamlessly into our managed
network portfolio and assures customers of its longevity
and sustainability. The expansion slots allow customers to
add in solutions as they become available in the future and
the processing capacity is so good it is unlikely to become
obsolete any time soon,” concludes van Niekerk.
Metacom’s MC6000 Enterprise Router
Gemalto enables biometric passports in
over 30 countries, including Morocco
security features, electronic passport covers and ICAO-
compliant embedded software. In addition, the company’s
secure embedded software has consistently outperformed
the competition in international tests on speed over the last
decade. Gemalto is also making an active contribution to the
definition of international ePassport standards.
A new generation of ePassport will digitally store travel
information such as eVisas and entry/exit stamps to support
even more efficient immigration control. The key trends in
travel documentation identified by Gemalto include:
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces that
its advanced ePassport technologies are now being used in
over 30 different countries, including Algeria and Morocco.
Gemalto’s leading position has been built on the supply of
complete travel documents and key components such as
polycarbonate data pages, visible and hidden document
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• Swift migration to tamper-proof polycarbonate data pages,
which dramatically reduce the risk of fraud.
• Rapid growth in secure digital identity credentials. Sensitive
ePassport data is stored on the holder’s smartphone to
create a secure companion to the physical passport, making
life easier for travellers.
• Smart borders/smart airports to emerge at a faster pace.
Combined with the hundreds of millions of ePassports
now in circulation and a strong push behind biometrics
(particularly facial recognition), they offer travellers quick
and secure cross-border movement. n
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