MTN Group announced on Wednesday it emerged the first mobile operator in the world to deploy and test the open optical packet transport platform, Voyager, in telecoms and technology.
The telecom infra project (TIP) initiative, launched in February this year, is a global platform that brings together key operators in the telecoms and technology sector to collaborate on the development of new technologies to build and deploy telecom network infrastructure.
The project aims to reduce costs and increase the speed of rolling out internet connectivity for telecom users.
MTN is a member of the Open Optical Packet Transport project group that worked with the TIP community to field-test the Voyager next generation technology in its data centres for Soweto, South Africa last month.