Alcatel-Lucent is working with NITA – the information and communications technology (ICT) policy arm of Ghana’s Ministry of Communications – to connect central and regional administration offices in support of “e-Ghana”, a national initiative to develop local IT services and improve the transparency and efficiency of government functions. Alcatel-Lucent will design and implement a 600km fiber backbone. In addition, Alcatel-Lucent will provide a national data center facility to support the network, through close collaboration with HP, a global alliance partner for the delivery of converged ICT solutions.
The network uses Alcatel-Lucent’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS), which can support a mixture of 10G, 40G and 100G channels on the same fiber pair, helping ensure support for future needs as demand grows. Alcatel-Lucent is working with IPMC, local IT hardware and services provider, to establish a large-scale data center using technology from HP.
