Angola Cables has announced that it is now a Premium Wholesale Reseller Partner of DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator. As a Premium Wholesale Reseller Partner, Angola Cables will leverage DE-CIX’s extensive interconnection ecosystem to enhance its service offerings, providing businesses and enterprises with seamless access to one of the largest and most advanced IX platforms globally.
According to Executive Board Member, Rui Faria, Angola Cables has been in strategic partnership with DE-CIX since 2014. “Over the past decade this partnership has been strengthened by a mutual intent to improve global interconnectivity and providing the most efficient premium connectivity access and seamless peering experience for the customers we serve in Africa and Brazil,” notes Faria.
“Angola Cables and DE-CIX have been working together successfully for many years, which is now also reflected in their Premium-Partner status,” says Mareike Jacobshagen, Head of Global Business Partner Programme at DE-CIX. “Together, we are driving forward the business and thus the solutions that companies need to network, peer and interconnect.” In addition, Angola Cables is one of around 1,100 networks that are directly connected to DE-CIX Frankfurt, one of the largest Internet Exchanges in the world with a data volume of over 45 Exabytes per year, as of 2024.
Today, Angola Cables is more than a leading Angolan operator, being internationally recognized as a major player operating in the ICT sector and providing customized connectivity solutions. With over 6.000 peering agreements, Angola Cables now ranks among the top 23 Internet Service Providers in the world and the #1 interconnected operator in Africa. Its IP network has proven to be robust, resilient and offers a value proposition in terms of low latency routings and directs interconnections with the major Tier 1 operators across the world.
“Integration with DE-CIX strengthens the value proposition of Angola Cables’ and our TelCables subsidiaries by enabling interconnection with Tier 1 carriers, cloud providers, and OTT platforms, ensuring the lowest latency and the high resilience of our IP network,’’ says Faria.
“Together with DE-CIX, we continue to reduce digital barriers and promote a more efficient and accessible internet, connecting businesses and users to the world’s leading content sources,” concluded Faria.
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