BATM Advanced Communications Ltd’s (LON:BVC) subsidiary has completed an upgrade of the Kenya Education Network (KENET) from a 10-gigabit ethernet (GE) to a 100 GE.
The networking and telecoms firm said its subsidiary, high-end software development and design company Telco Systems, had delivered its T-Metro 8100 service platform and cloud gateway, which the group said offered “significant” service scalability as well as modular options for future expansion.
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The KENET is the national education network of Kenya and provides high-speed internet, cloud-sharing, and e-learning services to university campuses across the country.
The company, which installed the original 10GE network in 2016, said the upgrade would allow KENET to upgrade the quality of its existing services as well as offering additional ones while also meeting the growing bandwidth requirements of its users.
Ariel Efrati, chief executive of Telco, said that the firm was “experiencing strong traction in the education vertical” and that its T-Metro 81000 was “well-positioned” to help network operators in the education market.
Dr Zvi Marom, chief executive of BATM, added that the firm would continue to strengthen its carrier ethernet portfolio as it was “the foundation on which our Networking business is built”.
“A further welcome demonstration of Telco Systems capabilities then with a reference long running client and with traction evident in the wider market,” said analysts at ‘house’ broker Shore Capital in a note to clients.
In early afternoon trading, BATM shares were steady at 47p.
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