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Cameroon seals deal with CAMIX on IXP rollout

By , Freelance Investigative Journalist
Cameroon , 30 Oct 2020

Cameroon has retained the services of tech firm Cameroon Internet Exchange Point (CAMIX) to roll out internet exchange points across the country, beginning with its two largest cities – Yaounde and Douala.

On 27 October 2020, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Minette Libom Li Likeng handed over an exploitation license to CAMIX executives, led by company president Olivier Leloustre.

According to the deal, CAMIX will run the IXPs which will be lodged at the CAMPOST datacentre in Yaounde.

CAMIX officials said Google’s Edge Network will soon be deployed, followed by those of Netflix and Cloudflare, which they believe will enable users to save dozens of gigabytes. They also announced that they are also in talks with Amazon and Facebook.

According to Leloustre, once the IXPs begin functioning at their optimum, they will ease local internet traffic exchange, reduce cost, and improve internet quality and access by optimising latency and bandwidth.

Minister Likeng says the IXP roll-out reflects the country’ progress towards digital transformation and progress with efforts to lead the Central African region’s telecommunications industry.

The Minister added that the government is eager to increase access to broadband connection for end-users and corporate users by extending the national fibre optic backbone from 20,000km to 25,000km in the next few years.

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