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ICT – CONNECTING SOUTH AFRICA

Situated on Durban’s north coast, Teraco DB1 is a
strategic interconnection hub on the African subsea cable
map, with access to MÉTISS and the cable systems of
Seacom and EASSy that are already accessible from
the facility. Teraco’s DB1 facility is connected to the JB1
Campus in Isando, Johannesburg, through a wide choice
of carriers, via diverse regional fibre routes. It will allow
clients to increase the number of partners they connect with
and expand their reach into new markets. Teraco’s DB1
facility offers clients secure colocation and interconnection
services, as well as the ability to leverage Teraco’s digital
hubs in DB1 and JB1 directly.
“The cable brings connectivity across regions that
were previously hard to reach. Through Teraco, access
to this cable is an interconnect away and in keeping
with our tagline, ‘the world connects here’, we are very
proud to play such a pivotal role in the success of this
cable system,” says McCann. Peering at Africa’s largest
Internet exchange, NAPAfrica, is now also possible Michele McCann
for the island region and brings many benefits such
as reduced latency; network fault tolerance; reliable network dense ecosystems, Teraco forms a vital part of the
exchange of traffic; increased routing control; and African Internet’s backbone and is an essential part of the
improved network performance. modern enterprise’s digital transformation strategy. Its ever-
Interconnection and peering successfully addresses a expanding ecosystems move Teraco beyond colocation and
growing need for more bandwidth but at the lowest possible firmly establish it as an open marketplace for digital growth
latency. This also needs to be done cost-effectively. The and innovation. Discovering new business partners, making
MÉTISS cable system will enable further interconnection strategic interconnection choices, on-ramping to your choice
within the Indian Ocean Islands region and the growth of its of cloud, and reaching new markets globally – Teraco
digital economy. provides a highly secure, flexible and resilient home for digital
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