MEO Wholesale Solutions has signed an agreement with Angola Cables, allowing it to expand its telecommunications services globally through the cable provider’s international subsea cable and data centre network.
The partnership aims to establish the basis for interconnecting the points of presence between the MEO LDV data centres in Portugal and Angola Cables’ AngoNAP Fortaleza DC in Brazil, using the South Atlantic ring of cables.
Under the agreement, the companies will use their infrastructures to jointly develop solutions for the benefit of enterprise customers and global operators. The collaboration covers submarine cables; IP connectivity and international Pop2Pop interconnection networks between data centres, essentially creating an Atlantic digital ecosystem between Portugal, Brazil, Africa and the United States.
“Thanks to our network of submarine cables in the Atlantic and Angola Cables’ partner cables connecting the American continent to Lisbon in Portugal, we are effectively engineering a digital ‘super business corridor’ between the MEO Data Centre in Portugal and the AngoNAP Fortaleza Data Centre in Brazil,” said Samuel Carvalho, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Global Solutions Design at Angola Cables.
Carvalho noted that the optical connection allows for the rapid transit of data and digital traffic from Europe, using Portugal as an entry and exit point to Brazil, the United States and Africa, ensuring the swift delivery of content and services – which is especially advantageous for the many Portuguese-speaking communities on either side of the Atlantic.
Ana Carla Sousa, director of MEO Wholesale Solutions, believes the partnership is “a decisive step in strengthening MEO’s international connectivity, that will support and consolidate Portugal as a digital hub of excellence in Europe”.
The Portuguese operator will now have access to a multi-connected Atlantic network, connecting Lisbon to 66 global data centres through the Angola Cables’ backbone network, and access to 930 data centres and more than 500 cloud connection points, over a high-performance virtual network.
“Between us there is also the intent to share business models; cooperate in the promotion of joint services and identify synergistic opportunities for commercial exploration,” concluded Carvalho.
