The London Internet Exchange (LINX) announced on Monday that it has entered into a cooperative agreement with internet exchange incubator, Asteroid, to take over the company’s Kenyan interconnectivity operations.
Asteroid will be ceasing operations in the East African country at the end of 2025, five years after it set up its Mombasa and Nairobi interconnection services.
Under the agreement, according to a statement from the pair, from now until the end of the year, the companies will be working together to transition customer networks connected at Asteroid Mombasa and Nairobi to LINX Mombasa and Nairobi.
During the transition period, customers will be supported by technical stakeholders from both firms, the companies have said.
Asteroid customers will also be able to maintain and, if desired, scale their network further on a local level with access to new peering locations in Kenya. The transition will also see Asteroid customers able to expand to LINX locations in the UK and US and soon, Ghana.
They will be supported by LINX’s engineering team and also have access to additional interconnection services such as LINX Private VLAN and solutions such as the Microsoft Azure Peering Service, noted LINX.
Jennifer Holmes, CEO of LINX, commented: “We feel very privileged to carry on the baton, so to speak.
“LINX’s priority is to continue to support the growth of interconnection to Kenya to the benefit of the local community and the wider global ecosystem.”
Looking back at the past five years, Remco van Mook, CEO, Asteroid, emphasised the company’s entry into the Kenyan market “drastically changed the landscape for interconnectivity”.
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