(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — South African colocation provider Teraco (www.teraco.co.za) announced this week that it has added physical network provider Dark Fibre Africa (www.dfafrica.co.za) to its Johannesburg data center.
The deal brings the total number of carriers available at Teraco facilities to six.
DFA began building its ducting infrastructure in October 2007 and currently has about 72,000 metres of fiber in more than 534 metres of trenches, says Teraco.
The company’s fiber connects Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town.
With this latest addition, Teraco customers can access DFA’s national infrastructure, linked directly to the data center’s “meet me” room.
“The match of Teraco’s vendor-neutral data center business model with DFA’s competition-neutral, open-access infrastructure presented a fantastic business opportunity for both of our companies,” DFA’s CEO Gustav Smit. “It is the first fruits of the slow deregulation of telecoms in our country that will finally make South Africa a globally competitive place to do business.”
It wasn’t until August 2006 that the South African government allowed another player to enter the market. Then in 2008, a lawsuit against the telecom regulatory agency led to further deregulation.
Teraco operates data centers in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
DFA is currently building an open-access ducting infrastructure in the country which it will lease to all licensed service providers and operators.
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