AccessKenya has unveiled a fiber monitoring system for its 450 Kilometer carrier Ethernet Fiber Optic Network that will help easily detect cable cuts experienced on its network and in turn help resolve them much faster. The firm which has invested heavily on the fiber optic infrastructure currently boasts of more than 595 buildings with fiber connections in Mombasa and Nairobi. Cable cuts on fiber cables has become a major thorn in the country with major interruptions occurring due to the same. These interruptions have underscored Kenya’s commitment to promoting and becoming an ICT hub in the region with no significant reduction in internet charges despite the advantages associated with fiber optic.
With a good number of buildings already connected in Nairobi and Mombasa, the firm says the move was necessitated considering frequent cable cuts on its network. The Group’s Managing Director Mr. Jonathan Somen also indicated the firm was now able to proactively detect unanticipated faults which were the biggest hazards for terrestrial fiber cables thanks to the new system which was installed sometimes in November. “With this system in place, we can now coordinate network faults and better map distances to resolve such interruptions much faster even as we expand our metropolitan coverage”, said Somen.
