NEWS
Konnect Africa
to conquer
Ivorian market
for high-
speed satellite
Internet access
Redstor adds new data centre
in South Africa
Redstor is expanding
operations by adding
a new data centre
in Johannesburg
K
onnect Africa, an initiative of the
satellite operator Eutelsat, has
announced the launch of its Internet access
offers in Côte d’Ivoire.
According to the Telecommunications Sector
Observatory of the Telecommunications
Regulator/ICT of Côte d’Ivoire (ARTCI),
the number of fixed Internet subscribers
(Ethernet cable, Wi-Fi and fibre) in Côte
d’Ivoire stood at 155,541 in the second
quarter of 2018, representing 0.6% of the
total population.
At the same time, according to Deloitte’s
TMT 2017 report, the country has 9 million
mobile Internet subscriptions, notably thanks
to the 4G network. Some areas of Ivorian
territory, however, are not properly served by
mobile technology.
The Konnect range includes eight Internet
access offers, ranging from 5GB to 30GB of
data for Konnect Home residential offers,
costing from 9,000 to 35,000 CFAF and
adapting to all needs.
Konnect Pro, which provide superior
performance corresponding to the
expectations of professionals, offer between
50 and 500GB of data and are marketed
from 58,000 CFAF.
These offers will be made available on a
prepaid basis in order to meet the needs of the
Ivorian market. The speeds offered will be up
to 20 Mbit/s downstream and up to 3 Mbit/s
upstream. For the launch, Konnect Africa is also
setting up a promotion on this new range.
“Satellite technology for high-speed Internet
is the answer for efficient digital coverage in
Côte d’Ivoire,” said Jean-Claude Tshipama,
CEO of Konnect Africa.
“Many ‘white zones; remain and Konnect
Africa’s complementary offer addresses this
lack of connectivity.”
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INTELLIGENTCIO
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edstor, a leading cloud data
management SaaS business with
technology developed in South Africa,
is expanding operations by adding a
new data centre in Johannesburg. The
decision to take up a presence in Teraco
Data Environments, Isando, follows
unprecedented demand for the company’s
disruptive data management platform.
Paul Evans, CEO and co-founder of
Redstor, said: “Businesses are constantly
creating more and more data and
numerous organisations are recognising
great value in Redstor’s pioneering cloud
data management service.”
Redstor has aggressive growth plans to
treble business by 2020 and has invested
heavily in data-centre facilities over
several years to provide services with
enterprise-level availability and resilience.
Tom Campbell, Technical Services Director
at Redstor, added: “As well as giving
us additional capacity for onboarding
new customers, the data centre in
Johannesburg enhances our coverage
and improves our resilience.
“We now have stronger geographical
separation of data in Africa for
continuity purposes.”
Redstor provides local services,
guaranteeing data sovereignty, regardless
of a customer’s location.
The company’s long-term strategy
to accelerate revenue in Africa was
underlined recently by the appointment
of Angela Kasandi as a Channel
Account Manager at Internet Solutions
in Kenya.
With on-net connectivity to more than
130 data centres globally, Redstor is
now also looking at taking up a presence
in a new data centre in Germany and
elsewhere in mainland Europe.
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