UUNET Botswana, a WorldCom company, announced that it has officially gone live with its VSAT (very small aperture terminal) Satellite dish as of 1 June. The dish is fully managed and owned by UUNET and will increase the speed and quality of Internet bandwidth and services into Botswana.
UUNET identified the potential of the Internet market in Botswana and has invested over a million rand in the development and implementation of its VSAT dish. Additionally, to ensure that no errors occur on the link, UUNET invested a month in the testing, alignment and registering of the frequency of the dish prior to going live.
"Through the installation of our VSAT, UUNET will now have complete control over the quality and performance of our network, allowing us to deliver our products at the service levels expected of a global company," says Rob Lith, senior executive at UUNET SA. "The VSAT dish also complements our Pan-African strategy, as it is our intention to use it to patch other African customers into the network. Therefore we will be able to deliver international Internet bandwidth capabilities to most of Africa, making us the only global IP carrier in Africa."
The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) has recognised that part of developing a strong economy is allowing it to grow free of constraints or regulation. "We believe that by developing our expertise with this type of technology and service offering in Botswana, UUNET will be in a strong position when SA deregulates," says Lith.
"Further offerings are planned for Africa within this year, as we intend to roll-out similar VSAT services into Zambia in July 2001, as we believe that the wireless market offers enormous potential for Africa."
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UUNET Botswana, a WorldCom company, is part of Southern Africa`s only pan-African provider of Internet-based network services and the largest global carrier of Internet traffic in Africa. The company provides Internet connectivity and corporate network services to major corporations as well as access services to Internet service providers.
Part of the WorldCom group, UUNET, the international parent company, is the global leader in Internet communication solutions offering a comprehensive range of Internet services to business customers worldwide.
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