Paratus Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd

Paratus Zambia was issued with a Service Provider License by the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) in 2011. Paratus Telecom provides exceptional communication service to the corporate sector of the Zambian market.

The rebrand

Paratus Telecom started life as Internet Technologies. In 2014, the company rebranded itself as Paratus Telecom. This rebrand reflects the widening of its products and services portfolio from internet service provision to all major aspects of telecommunications, IT networking and data security. View the Paratus Telecom launch video. Paratus Telecom telecommunications products:-

Wireless broadband

Paratus Telecom's broadband access provides high speed, always-on connection allowing users to browse the Internet and receive e-mails at their convenience.

VSAT solutions

VSAT Solutions still plays a pertinent role in Africa, especially where terrestrial fibre copper still is not available. The Paratus Telecom sales team welcomes any enquiries with regards to their VSAT solutions.

Monitoring bandwidth usage effectively

Paratus Telecom is proud to announce a new product offering that allows effective monitoring of bandwidth usage. This Intelligent IP product monitors routing devices and graphs traffic accordingly.

Multi-protocol label switching

An MPLS Virtual Private Network uses Leased Line technology and does not require Internet bandwidth to transmit data traffic, driving down the overall cost of distributed networks. This makes it ideal for geographically spread corporate, government, educational and other institutions.

Paratus Telecom product information

• VSAT solutions

The 1-megawatt (MW) facility will leverage the latest physical and virtual security to ensure the secure storage, protection, and management of data. It will also offer businesses modern-age Cloud computing that will help businesses not only enhance operational efficiencies but help cut IT capital and operating costs that comes with on-premise data storage and management.

By offering this service, Paratus Telecommunications is demonstrating its commitment to deliver the best quality services within an ever-growing and transforming ITC sector. The company is raising the bar with its investment in infrastructure and with this ultra-modern facility – because while there are other data centers, none are of this quality, standard and capacity in Zambia.

According to their MD, Marius van Vuuren, the Paratus Data Center is not only a much-needed addition to the Zambian ICT sector, but a necessary investment that will help raise the standard and quality of available Tech services in the country.

Moving data off-site to a fully secured facility – a data center - not only guarantees enhanced processing and protection of data but offers redundancies on connectivity, power, cooling and features fire suppression and security capabilities that traditional onsite set ups might struggle with.

The carrier neutral facility will offer various physical and virtual hosting services as well as opportunities for Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to help provide high-availability, faster performance and security to websites within Zambia and in the region.

Here are just a few indications of power reliability and resilience which the carrier-neutral facility will offer:

• 1-Megawatt Power Capacity
• Redundant A&B power feeds
• 2 dedicated Generators - one per feed for comprehensive resilience delivering a total of 2 MW providing 72-hours of fuel autonomy
• Diverse Power Feed design throughout
• Fully resilient modular 500 kVA UPSs per feed (A&B) dedicated to the Data Centre only
• Separate utilities UPS to ensure electrical autonomy
• Lightning protection system across all buildings and engineering facilities
• Dual UPS feeds per cabinet to deliver up to 3.5kVA

The data center will be near completion towards the beginning of July 2021 but in the meantime one can contact Paratus directly to arrange for a hands-on walk-through tour of the facility to get first-hand information of what solutions are available to suit your business needs.

Please contact the Paratus sales team on 0260 211 262 698 or email info.zm@paratus.africa to book you guided tour.

The Paratus data center is a milestone for Zambia and surrounding countries and marks the dawn of a new technological era for Zambian business. Any future-proof businesses should not entrust all their data and essential systems with one provider. They need greater diversity to spread risk and ensure business continuity and that is where we come in. it’s time to think big about data and be part of Zambia’s quality network.

Local area network LAN Tailor made solutions

Paratus can tailor make LAN solutions specific to your requirements and office / building layout. The company offers Molex structured cabling solutions ranging from cat 5e to cat 7 or even fiber if required. They offer a 25 year warranty on their Molex installations.

Hosted services

With state of the art technology and highly skilled engineers, Paratus Hosted Services provide public, private and hybrid cloud solutions with guaranteed availability based on robust data centre and connectivity infrastructure. Paratus Hosted Services remove big upfront costs and enables your IT costs to scale as you grow, saving you money and eliminating financial risks.

On-premise infrastructure involves complexity, risk and hidden expenses. Hosting IT services with Paratus allows you to focus on your business, while they deal with the complexities of IT infrastructure. Together with Paratus WAN and Internet services, they are the go-to partner building custom, efficient IT solutions with flexibility unmatched in the market, allowing you to benefit from an effective solution tailored to your business requirements.

Products:

• Hosted Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
• Hosted Firewall
• Fortinet Advanced Reporting
• Paratus Online Backup Service (OBS)
• Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS - Veeam)
• Backup as a Service (BaaS - Veeam)
• Hosted RackSpace
• DNS Domain Hosting
• Website hosting