Liquid Telecom Named Best African Wholesale Carrier at Global Carrier Awards for Fourth Consecutive Year

Liquid Telecom CEO Wellington makamure

LIQUID Telecom has been named as the Best African Wholesale Carrier for the fourth consecutive year at the 11th annual Global Carrier Awards with the company honoured for its innovation, vision and service excellence.

The Global Carrier Awards are the most prestigious awards dedicated exclusively to wholesale telecoms and are independently judged by a panel of telecoms analysts, industry experts and the senior editorial team of Capacity magazine.

Liquid Telecom beat off competition from the other shortlisted companies – PCCW Global, Emerging Marketing Communications and WIOCC – to win the title again. Shortlisted companies in previous years include Bharti Airtel and Orange.

Nic Rudnick, CEO of The Liquid Telecom Group, said “I would like to congratulate everyone at Liquid Telecom on this outstanding achievement. Four years in a row is something to be celebrated.

However, we will continue to work hard to improve our offering – adding new and innovative services to help our wholesale customers reduce churn, and adding value for our retail customers.

We understand Africa and its challenges – and we don’t let it stop us in our goal to connect the entire continent and enable the people and businesses of Africa to prosper.”

The award recognises Liquid Telecom’s continuing commitment to Africa. The company has a team of 900+ with 830 in Africa – more than any other wholesale carrier on the continent. Its NOCs are open 24/7/365 with each wholesale customer serviced by its own in-country team. In addition, its guaranteed SLAs are at a level not previously experienced in Africa.

Amongst the company’s long list of highlights during 2015 are:

• Continued expansion of its fibre, wireless and satellite networks and ability to provide connectivity into every single African country including newcomer, war-torn south Sudan.

• FTTH build in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This provides homes and businesses with up to 100Mbps, the fastest broadband speeds in Africa.

• Video-On-Demand – Liquid Telecom’s VOD service will be launching shortly.

• CrashPlan Africa – Liquid Telecom launched the most sophisticated and reliable back-up and restore data service ever available in Africa for both large and small businesses. This is available as a wholesale product.

• East African Data Centre – continued expansion of the centre which hosts international brands as well as most operators and ISPs in the region.