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Connecting to the World by Mohamed Assoweh BOUH CEO, Djibouti Telecom DJIBOUTI Connecting to the world BY MOHAMED ASSOWEH BOUH CEO, DJIBOUTI TELecoM ost people would find it difficult services over state of the art networks. to locate Djibouti on a world map, To date, Djibouti Telecom has a landing facility perhaps even unaware of its location serving five submarine cables, namely Sea Me We 3, in East Africa. Bearing this in mind, EIG (Europe India Gateway), EASSY (East Africa oneM of Djibouti Telecom’s objectives has been to shed Submarine System), SEACOM and the Aden- greater international light on our country, thanks to Djibouti cable. In addition, we have two upcoming which, today its role in connecting continents is fully transcontinental cables: AAE1 (Asia-Africa-Europe acknowledged. 1) and SEA-ME-WE 5 (it will connect Singapore to We have built on our privileged geographical position France, and Djibouti will be one of the 17 landing at the crossroads of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and points). Moreover, Djibouti Telecom Teleport provides MOHAMED ASSOWEH Europe by investing in international infrastructure that both IP connectivity, as well as backhaul services, BOUH has worked at has allowed us to develop a fully resilient international thanks to its location on DT’s fiber network. Djibouti Telecom since data network. As a result of this investment process, As the leading operator on submarine cable 1995, occupying a the Republic of Djibouti has one of Africa’s most diversity in the region, our next step has been to foster range of posts, during advanced international telecommunications networks, partnerships with regional and international companies which time he has providing it with the strongest presence in the East and to provide a diverse range of wholesale services overseen the roll out African region. Since its creation in 1999, Djibouti such as bandwidth over submarine cables, data and IP of the company’s Telecom has committed itself to becoming a regional transit through Telecom Italia Sparkle, LEVEL 3, and internet strategy, as hub, and today our company is able to deliver a Saudi Telecom IP Point of Presence (POP) in Djibouti, well as linking the complete portfolio of voice, data/IP and capacity where in 2013, Djibouti Telecom set up a Data Centre, country with the global a tier-three level facility providing collocation facilities telecommunications for telecommunications carriers. community via several Djibouti Telecom’s ambition is to serve as a unique undersea cables. He gateway to millions of customers in the nations of East has also played a Africa, and that goal is within reach today given their key role in providing fast growing needs for international bandwidth. telecommunication At the sub regional level, Djibouti is connected to services to rural areas. Ethiopia through two terrestrial cables, while four Before taking over as operators from Somalia are connected to Djibouti CEO, he was Director via microwave and optical fiber cable. There are also of Mobile Networks, ongoing discussions with South Sudan relating to the and then Technical provision of IP services through Djibouti teleports. Advisor to the former The future challenge for our company will be to Director General. meet the needs of the regional market while providing premium quality services in terms of availability, quality and costs. But we are convinced that our strategic investment and partnership fostering policy will enable us to remain the key connectivity hub of the African continent. From a national perspective, Djibouti Telecom is the sole operator for fixed services (including corporate and wholesale IP/data and ADSL), mobile (2, 2.5, 3G) and internet services. Today broadband services are essential to the development of business, education, Five submarine health services and e-government, and Djibouti cable systems Telecom is committed to fully play its role despite the converge on Djibouti limitations of the domestic market. F 19 FIRST.
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