Omantel, the leading provider of telecom services in Oman, has entered into a partnership deal with Mauritius-based Wingu Group’s Djibouti Data Center (DDC) to expand into the African market and further boost its standing as a leading regional wholesale hub.
Wingu Group’s Djibouti Data Center is the first and only carrier-neutral data center facility in East Africa with access to all major international fiber optic systems connecting Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions with Africa.
Apart from providing access to the African market, Omantel’s Point of Presence (POP) in Djibouti will help forge new wholesale partnerships with operators and hyper-scalers, improve the utilization of connectivity between Oman and Africa, facilitate better commercial models that will lead to business growth and enable better support for customers with connectivity requests to and from Africa.
Sohail Qadir VP – Wholesale business unit Omantel
“As a global wholesale player, Omantel is always on the lookout for new market opportunities. Our new partnership with Wingu Group’s Djibouti Data Center presents us with a great opportunity to solidify our presence in Africa. It will help us attract more customers to connect to and from Africa, resulting in an enhanced customer experience and new business opportunities for Omantel and Djibouti Data Center. This is indeed another important milestone of fulfilling our wholesale vision, from Oman to the World.”
Mr. Demos Kyriacou, deputy CEO and chief operating officer at Wingu Group, the owner and operator of Djibouti Data Center (DDC) said that “We pride ourselves on creating a strategic gateway to East and Southern Africa. We are pleased to cement this partnership with a prestigious global player like Omantel. A collaboration of this nature will trigger greater connectivity in the region and inspire more global players to collocate in our Djibouti data center. We are very happy that the Djibouti Data Center has cemented itself as a reliable and cost-effective gateway hub to many of the fastest growing markets and service providers in Africa.”
The partnership is set to open doors to new opportunities in Africa and will further extend Omantel’s reach by utilizing the cable systems landing in Oman (Salalah) and Djibouti, such as the AAE-1, EIG, MENA as well as a number of new cable systems which will be announced soon.
