Glo 1 Marks 8 Years Of Connectivity, Boosts Capacity

<h4>Glo 1<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that telecommunication services provider&comma; Globacom&comma; has celebrated the eighth year of uninterrupted connectivity for Glo 1&comma; the international submarine cable which is solely owned by the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Glo 1 has&comma; since 2016&comma; not experienced any disruption in its operations&comma; thereby ensuring uninterrupted connectivity for individual and corporate customers who derive their internet requirements from the network&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company said in a press statement that Glo1 submarine fiber cable infrastructure recently upgraded to ensure maximum utilization and enhanced service delivery&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Globacom exclusively financed the entire end-to-end architecture of Glo 1&comma; including access systems&comma; the national fiber-optic backbone&comma; the international cable systems&comma; International gateways and data centre services&period; Globacom’s presence in several countries and its fibre optic networks entail that it can offer last mile and domestic long haul services to Glo 1 customers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this year&comma; when most submarine cables in Nigeria and West Africa experienced fibre cuts which caused widespread internet downturn&comma; Glo 1 was unaffected and was about the only source of succour for internet users in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Glo 1 successfully powered financial institutions&comma; internet service providers&comma; and data consumers throughout the period&period; Industry watchers posited that Glo 1 international submarine Cable&&num;8217&semi;s resilient architecture and durability made the cable impregnable to disruption&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Glo 1 connects directly to London with lowest latency&comma; thus guaranteeing ultra fast and reliable internet connectivity&period; Latency refers to the length of time it takes for data to travel from one point to another across a network<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Glo 1 capacity boost effectively compliments the ongoing technical expansions and upgrades of Glo network infrastructure to ensure unique calling and browsing experience on the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Glo network<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Globacom disclosed that the Glo 1 facility offers customers the most guaranteed solutions to their business needs and has customized services to address the requirements of a wide segment of clients including Oil and Gas companies&comma; Manufacturers&comma; government&comma; education and medical institutions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The cable facilitates teleconferencing&comma; distance learning&comma; disaster recovery and telemedicine&comma; among several other benefits for the African people”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> the company said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;