Airtel to strengthen Mobile Data Services in Africa
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE As an initiative to enhance its connectivity to Africa and add data carriage capacity in the continent, Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its Africa Connect network. This network is expected to contribute to the growth of internet and data services in the Continent. The network will offer a variety of integrated telecom applications and solutions. Africa Connect has an integrated fiber and satellite network with 42 Points of Presence (PoP) spread across 17 African countries. The network is supported by infrastructure built by other regional carriers. Ajay Chitkara, CEO - Global Business, Bharti Airtel , said, "Africa Connect is in consonance with our underlying theme to serve one of the fastest-growing data markets in the world. Africa is also emerging as an economic hub and we are uniquely poised to connect the continent to the rest of the world and fully serve the growing bandwidth demand....