MainOne, Global Crossing partner on IP expansion

MAIN One Cable Company, and Global Crossing are partnering on Internet Protocol (IP) expansion on worldwide IP-enabled services.

This partnership, Champion Infotech gathered would bring global connectivity to its clients in addition to the fact that the strategic agreement would enable MainOne to further extend its customers connectivity in countries where it doesn’t have coverage by being part of the Global Crossing Tier 1 MPLS network that reaches more than 700 cities in more than 70 countries.

Head of Marketing and Strategy at MainOne, Mr. Adebayo Oyewole said that customers would now be able to extend their connectivity through Main One across the United States (US), Canadian and Latin American markets.

Additionally, he said, to expanding Main One’s reach, the partnership would increase flexibility with its new set of products and provide significantly reduced transit charges for customer terminations.

“We chose Global Crossing for its particular regional strengths. Our partnership with Global Crossing enhances Main One’s position as the one-stop shop for accessing the public Internet via the Main One network, which is designed for high capacity service,’ he said.

Mr. Oyewole also said that the new product portfolio enables Main One to deliver a wide range of connectivity options to geographically dispersed locations, while reducing customers’ costs by converging previously disparate data, voice and video networks.

“With MainOne, you can start small and grow with confidence that you are connected to a provider who is tuned in to the fast changing needs of its clients,” he said. Oyewole explained that Main One joined a selected list of top-tier service providers offering Global Crossing Fast-Track Services portfolio to their enterprise end users, stressing that with converged IP services and private line, fast-track services include ethernet, collaboration and managed services.

Commenting, Global Crossing’s head of Carrier Sales for South Europe, Middle East and Africa, Mr. Habib Issa, said they are pleased to join with Main One in offering its customers global access and IP-based solutions.

“Global Crossing Fast-Track Services combine the business processes, products, services and system tools necessary for service providers to quickly offer their enterprise customers end-to-end global data solutions, backed by consistent Service Level Agreements,” Issa said.

ITRealms Online notes that Main One Cable Company Limited is the acclaimed first submarine cable company offering open access, wholesale broadband capacity in West Africa.

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