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Teraco Data Environments has unveiled competition for local Internet exchange points JINX (Johannesburg Internet Exchange) and CINX (Cape Town Internet Exchange).
The company has opened the public peering facility, NAPAfrica, inside its own data centre in Cape Town and hopes to peer between the two already active Internet exchanges. Exchange points are used to route local traffic.
“NAPAfrica will complement JINX and CINX, set up by the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA). Several of the network service providers connecting to NAPAfrica are looking at options to connect NAPAfrica to CINX and JINX, to allow peering between the exchanges,” the company explained in a statement.
“The launch of NAPAfrica is perfectly timed. With the liberalisation of the local industry and connectivity options within Africa and between Africa and the rest of the world growing, network service providers want to co-locate where they are most likely to find others already connected. SA, with its advanced infrastructure and expertise, can play a vital role as the regional aggregator and enabler,” says Lex van Wyk, MD of Teraco Data Environments.
Teraco says the carriers and ISPs within the data centre include Telkom, Neotel, T-Systems, Vodacom Business, Fastnet, Ensync, WebAfrica and BCSgroup. “Several of which have already indicated intent to peer on the exchange.”
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