Access Kenya completes network upgrade in Nairobi

Access Kenya has announced completion of a network upgrade in Nairobi, Nakuru and Thika aimed at boosting resilience and to increase business connectivity.

The Sh300 million investment, will enable the integrated solutions provider cover 18 of the country's major towns by 2016 with fiber connectivity and enhanced bandwidth in response to business growth in these regions.

Chief Technical Officer Raymond Macharia said the number of enterprises and county-reliant businesses that need
high speed connectivity and other related solutions has been on the rise and this has been exerting a strain on existing resources.

"To meet this demand, we are deploying infrastructure to widen our network and increase the bandwidth to reach more corporate customers with reliable connectivity," he said.

The network upgrade will see a consolidation of functions by reducing the number of devices used in the transmission of data into fewer, more powerful devices. The operation will be carried out on both Fibre and Wireless networks, resulting in more efficient infrastructure and faster internet connectivity.

"In addition to high speed connectivity, these businesses require additional solutions. A stronger network will enhance the capabilities to deliver layered services such as real-time CCTV monitoring, VOIP and Video on Demand, Data Backup Services and other key services which all require high speed and high quality connectivity," added Macharia.

The firm, he pointed out, has also ensured that the new hardware can now handle these additional demands in data rates of up to 100 Giga bits per second.

To ensure uninterrupted service to customers and a strategy that will see the company shift concentration and invest more in service delivery, Macharia said AccessKenya has augmented its infrastructure through redundant fiber from its partners to provide additional resiliency to protect against traffic failures.

This means the firm will use the additional fiber to reroute traffic in case of an emergency to protect clients from any disruption, he said.