MANAMA: Batelco and GBI (Gulf Bridge International), a global cloud connectivity and content enabler, have reaffirmed their long standing partnership during a meeting at Capacity Europe 2019.
Europe’s largest event uniting the global connectivity industry, Capacity Europe took place at InterContinental London.
Batelco and GBI are strengthening their relationship and taking it to the next level by boosting their collaboration goals to ensure delivery of accelerated connectivity between Bahrain and Europe for the customers of both companies.
Businesses and end users will experience optimised performance when using applications and services including Cloud, content and communication solutions.
Furthermore, the collaborative efforts will lead to improved competitive prices which will benefit customers of both GBI and Batelco.
Batelco chief global business officer Adel Al Daylami said, “The strong connectivity supported by GBI helps us fulfil high Internet and data demands regionally and globally for our customers. Furthermore, the capacity and diversity of routes available through the partnership supports our objectives and vision for the growth of Global Zone, the neutral transit zone, and Manama IX, the carrier neutral Internet traffic exchange platform, both located in Bahrain.”
The combination of GBI’s network boosted by Batelco’s Gulf Network (BGN) served to support Batelco’s comprehensive plans which are designed to deliver a robust national and international infrastructure.
Both the GBI and BGN Networks are supported by Batelco’s 24/7 Network Operations Centre.
GBI chief executive Cengiz Oztelcan commented that GBI is excited to witness the evolution of the partnership with Batelco and looks forward to continuing with the close working relationship to deliver value for customers.