Telco Systems, a provider of enterprise networking solutions, announced the company has deployed a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet high capacity carrier network for the Kenya Education Network in Kenya. Kenya Education Network is a not-for-profit telecommunications operator in Kenya supporting the communication needs of the education and research institutions in the country. Kenya Education Network is designated as the National Research and Education Network of Kenya and provides internet bandwidth services to member institution campuses.
The new carrier Ethernet network built by Telco Systems for Kenya Education Network initially provides internet access and data center interconnectivity to all the universities and research institutes in Kenya. Kenya Education Network’s new network could eventually be extended to provide connectivity to other educational institutions, including the primary and secondary schools in the country.
The Ethernet network is managed and orchestrated by Telco Systems EdgeGenie Orchestrator management system, which gives control over the service provisioning processes. The new network is also based on Telco Systems T-Metro 8001 10 Gigabit Ethernet service aggregation platforms and T-Marc 3348S 10 Gigabit Ethernet demarcation devices, providing Kenya Education Network with certified CE 2.0 services based on VPLS. The new carrier Ethernet network deployed by Telco Systems replaces Kenya Education Network’s previously used Layer 3 transport network.
This new network provides Kenya Education Network with greater bandwidth to support more traffic and better serve its education and research institution customers with superior levels of service level agreement commitments and improved traffic engineering possibilities.
“Telco Systems impressive track record of delivering solid and affordable communications networking technology attracted us to working with the company,” said Professor Meoli Kashorda, Executive Director of Kenya Education Network. “We are confident that Telco Systems and its technology will support our growth plans and contribute to helping us fulfill our mission of providing high quality communications services to all the educational institutions in our country.”
“We are looking forward to working with Kenya Education Network and establishing a long term relationship,” said Ariel Efrati, CEO at Telco Systems. “There is a clear trend of upgrading to 10 Gigabit Ethernet to support growing traffic needs and deliver superior service. Our extensive experience and advanced, cost effective solutions position Telco Systems to support service providers upgrading their networks to 10 Gigabit Ethernet.”
Telco Systems delivers an industry-leading portfolio of Carrier Ethernet and MPLS-based demarcation, aggregation and edge solutions, enabling service providers to create intelligent, service-assured, CE 2.0-compliant networks for mobile backhaul, business services and cloud networking.
