MainOne, West Africa’s leading communications, and data solutions provider, has announced the completion of a new point-of-presence (PoP) in the Accra Central Business District, extending the company’s reach in Ghana.

This comes after MainOne acquired an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to actually do retail of capacity directly to enterprises, rather than just wholesaling to telecom operators and other ISPs to retail.

The new PoP is targeted at enterprises headquartered in the Central Business District and its environs and assures those businesses of robust ICT services and infrastructure that MainOne is known for.

General Manager of MainOne Ghana, Angelo Govina told journalists in a brief media engagement the new PoP would further enhance the company’s ability to deliver best-in-class connectivity and value-added service in the CBD area.

He reiterated MainOne’s commitment to the future growth plans of its customers, through continued expansion of its network infrastructure and added that the new PoP would directly connect enterprises and corporate organizations to the enormous opportunities for improved productivity and efficiency enhanced by MainOne’s products and services.

The CBD PoP adds up to similar MainOne PoPs in Tema, Nungua, Spintex Road and Roman Ridge, to serve enterprises and homes in this critical areas.

"This is a demonstration of our continued desire to provide impeccable service experience to enterprises in Ghana and underscores our dedication to infrastructure deployment in the region, driving our expansion efforts," Govina said.

This, in addition to a host of partners’ infrastructure, enables the company to deliver product and solutions mix including, connectivity, enterprise voice, data center services and bundled solutions to the enterprise businesses in Ghana.

Angelo Govina, however, noted that MainOne's license allows it to only sell from 5Gigabit per second capacity upwards, which means, for now, it cannot sell to small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) and homes which usually have capacity requirements of less that 5gbps.

He trusts that going forward, the company's performance, based on the testimonials by its clients, would earn it the license to sell lesser capacities so that SMEs with lesser capacity needs would also get to benefit from its superior services.

Elaborating on the company’s overarching strategy, Kazeem Oladepo, Regional Business Executive stated that, “MainOne’s vision for a connected West Africa is to accelerate the penetration of reliable and affordable broadband internet services to support socio-economic development in the region.

"We are investing significantly in distributing more of our broadband capacity across Accra now and our plan is to continue to invest in infrastructure that will enable us to extend our reliable connectivity service across other areas in Ghana," he said.

Oladepo said in areas where MainOne does not have its fiber coverage, it will continue to partner with best-in-class infrastructure providers to connect its customers to broadband and value-added services.

He said the expansion and partnership is part of the company's strategy and commitment towards assisting Ghanaian businesses in their quest for improved productivity and efficiency through dedicated and reliable connectivity services, as well as accelerating the rate of broadband penetration across Ghana.

Since 2009, MainOne has invested over $300m in ICT infrastructure in West Africa as part of its commitment to deepening internet access across the region. The Company currently provides services to clients including large telcos, ISPs, and enterprises in 8 countries across West Africa.

Some of its enterprise clients in Ghana include Tullow, Samsung, Uber, NCA, some banks, insurance companies, ISPs and many more.