Millicom International Cellular: Tigo Paraguay Announces the Construction of Paraguay’s First UPTIME Tier 3 Certified Data ...
January 19 2016 - 4:09AM
Business Wire
· Millicom, known as Tigo in Paraguay has successfully obtained
UPTIME Design TIER 3 Certification on its new data centre which
will go live in April 2016.
· Millicom’s partner who will deliver the data centre in record
time is Swedish Pre-Fabricated Data Centre Specialist
Flexenclosure.
· The new facility will enable Tigo to target Paraguay’s growing
demand from businesses with new services under the Tigo Business
brand
· The data centre will deliver much needed disaster recovery
services, in line with the government’s Critical Infrastructure
Protection, especially in the wake of the natural disasters which
struck have struck Paraguay in recent years.
Millicom International Cellular (NASDAQ:MICC) (STO:MIC)
Millicom announces that Tigo Paraguay has successfully obtained
Certified Design Documents for the first UPTIME TIER 3 Certified
Data centre to be built in Paraguay, demonstrating Tigo’s
commitment to deliver world-class standards for its corporate
clients.
This high tech data centre facility will be built by
Flexenclosure, the Swedish expert designer and manufacturer of
eCentre prefabricated data centre buildings and eSite intelligent
hybrid power management systems for the ICT industry,
Flexenclosure. The data centre will be located in Paraguay’s
capital Asunción.
The Data Centre will be live in April and will be the first
professional colocation facility in the country.
Millicom has adopted a unique hybrid construction, including a
traditional bricks and mortar office building combined with
Flexenclosure’s prefabricated eCentre data centre modules, thereby
drastically reducing time to deliver the new facility and
maintaining the quality and reliability of the new data centre. The
eCentre modules have been completed at Flexenclosure’s factory in
Vara, Sweden, and the modules are currently being transported to
Paraguay.
Expanding into Colocation/Cloud business
Tigo Paraguay plans to expand into business services such as
co-location and cloud services to support its business clients by
delivering enhanced resiliency and reliability of the Tigo network
as well as expanded customer services.
Recent natural disasters in the country have highlighted the
importance of having a world class data centre in the country which
can guarantee a very high uptime (999.982%). This positions Tigo
Paraguay strongly to be the partner of choice for enterprises
looking for reliable primary IT production sites or back up
disaster recovery sites.
The new data centre will also become the central primary site of
the Tigo’s network in Paraguay, providing a strong platform on
which to support the highest quality network with minimal
interruption for all customers.
Juan Emilio Roa, Paraguay Tigo Business Director said: “We see
significant opportunities to drive the development of the
co-location and cloud services market in Paraguay and need a high
quality data centre facility that we can easily and efficiently
expand as our business grows.
“We chose our partner Flexenclosure, who has the proven track
record in deploying these technical facilities and delivering the
first UPTIME TIER 3 Certified Data Centre using a mix of
Modular/Concrete built. The production quality, guaranteed delivery
time and product flexibility were all important factors in our
decision and we’re confident that this data centre will serve the
needs of our growing corporate clients.”
David King, CEO, Flexenclosure CEO of Flexenclosure said: “We
are delighted to have won this order, extending our relationship
with Millicom. This project marks a series of firsts for
Flexenclosure – our first Tier III certified facility; our first
hybrid facility; and our first data centre deployment in Latin
America – and we’re looking forward to further expanding our
footprint beyond our traditional markets in Africa and Asia.”
Data Centre Specifications
This 2 MW high tech facility will have an initial capacity of
110 racks and will be able to house up to 260 racks at full
capacity. The Data Centre will be managed according to
international data centre best practices.
About Millicom
Millicom (http://www.millicom.com/) is a leading
international telecommunications and media company dedicated to
emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. Millicom operates in
14 countries, primarily using the
Tigo (http://www.millicom.com/who-we-are/our-brands/tigo/)
brand, serving 60 million customers. In 1992 Tigo was the first
company to offer mobile services in Paraguay and now Tigo is the
market leader providing mobile, Internet, fixed broadband,
satellite and cable TV to almost four million customers.
· Tigo is Paraguay’s leading mobile operator with almost 4
million of customers.
· Tigo’s network penetration reaches 96 per cent of the national
territory
· Tigo’s mobile money service – Tigo Money - has more than
1.2million customers
· Tigo Business serves more than 10,400 companies
· Tigo Paraguay has invested over US $1 billion since 1992
· The company has won Great Place to Work awards in 2011, 2013,
2014 and 2015.
· Tigo’s Corporate Responsibility programs include: an
educational initiative called Tigo in Your Community that features
the installation of digital classrooms in schools; a Telemedicina
initiative in partnership with the Ministry for Public Health to
improve public healthcare; and an initiative working with UNICEF to
reduce infant mortality rates.
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