Carrier Services
Strengthening Africa’s connectivity with resilient and High-Performance carrier Routes
- Experience the best in connectivity options, including Fiber, Radio, Microwave, and Satellite connections, tailored to meet your unique business requirements.
- Benefit from the allocation of Public IP addresses, ensuring seamless access to online resources and enhanced security.
- Stay informed with traffic usage graphs, providing insights into your data consumption patterns.
- Relax knowing that our dedicated network monitoring and 24-hour client care service will guarantee uninterrupted connectivity for your business.
Equiano subsea cable
Key features:
- Capacity: 12 fiber pairs, 144 Tbps (20x more than previous cables)
- Open access: Available via the Swakopmund landing station
Economic impact to date:
- Internet penetration: A steady increase in internet penetration across Namibia
- Growth: Significant contributions to economic growth, job creation, and sustainability across western Africa, positively impacting 31% of Africa’s population
Paratus has developed a robust terrestrial fiber route across southern Africa, with cross-border links from Namibia to Zambia and Botswana, and from Botswana to Johannesburg. This configuration bypasses central and western South Africa, providing resilience and redundancy.
Latency improvements:
- Current: Sub 135ms from Johannesburg to Lisbon
- Future goal: Sub 125ms to Lisbon and approximately 150ms to London
The Equiano cable continues to drive a new era of connectivity, fostering economic growth, job creation and sustainable development throughout Africa. Paratus remains committed to transforming Africa through exceptional digital infrastructure and customer service.
Paratus Express route
Benefits:
- Speed: Latency of 123 ms, supporting wavelengths up to 800Gb.
- Reliability: Diverse network configuration mitigates outages and ensures consistent service.
- Resilience: Provides an alternative route out of South Africa, reducing the impact of fiber outages.
Key landing points:
- Portugal (Lisbon)
- Nigeria
- Namibia (Swakopmund)
- South Africa (Cape Town).
Experience the fastest and most robust connectivity from Johannesburg to Europe with unparalleled latency and resilience.
EastWest Connect
Paratus Group has completed its East-West Africa fibre route, providing a fast and reliable link from Southern Africa to the world. Connecting Maputo to Swakopmund, this route bypasses vulnerable subsea cables and ensures seamless, low-latency connectivity.
The state-of-the-art network connects key cities across Southern Africa and links directly to the Equiano Subsea Cable in Swakopmund. This route enhances regional infrastructure, ensuring reliable, high-capacity wholesale solutions for network operators and uninterrupted connectivity to Europe.
Key benefits:
- Unmatched reliability: Bypasses subsea cable disruptions.
- Low latency: Seamless communication across regions.
- Strategic reach: Connecting Southern Africa to Europe with tailored solutions for network operators.
Paratus’s East-West route offers more than just redundancy—it guarantees uninterrupted operations, keeping Southern Africa connected no matter the circumstances.
Botswana Kalahari Fiber (BKF) project
Key stats:
- 15,000 Splices
- 10,368 km
- 14 Tbps Capacity
In late 2022, Paratus Botswana initiated an 840-km fiber route from Gaborone to Mamuno, passing through Molepolole, Letlhakeng, Kang, and reaching the Namibian border. This project connects Botswana to the 144-terabit Google Equiano subsea cable, landed in Swakopmund, Namibia, in 2023. This investment ensures faster, more reliable connections, route diversification and enhanced redundancy.
