Flag Telecom
On the 4th of February 2006 – TE Data, announced that it has signed a frame agreement with Flag Telecom, a leading provider of international wholesale network transport and communications services, to raise its International bandwidth capacity with Flag to an STM16 (2.42 Gbit/s) before mid-2006, a move that took TE Data's overall total International capacity to the higher capacity.
TE Data's former activated international bandwidth capacity was 1.8 Gbit/s, while the current total market capacity is estimated at 4.48 Gbit/s, which represents around 40% of the total market capacity and the highest in the market. With this upgrade, TE Data's total international bandwidth capacity reached the higher capacity, taking the market to a total capacity of around 5.69 Gbit/s. Such a move fortified TE Data's leadership position in the Egyptian market with an estimated 52% of the total market international bandwidth.
The STM16 circuits is connected to the Flag Global Network through points of presence (PoPs) in Cairo and Alexandria.
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