UAE Business: AIM, GCCIA to launch regional digital infrastructure services – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: AIM, GCCIA to launch regional digital infrastructure services – Gulf Digital News

Alliance International Management (AIM) has signed a deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) to provide digital infrastructure services in the Middle East using GCCIA fibre optic terrestrial cable system.

The GCCIA cable system, which will be used by the Alliance Networks (new venture), runs over power grid and offers connectivity to all GCC countries, allowing Alliance Networks to provide high bandwidth and capacity to customers, carriers, cloud and content providers.

Alliance Networks is slated for launch in the near future and seeks to simplify the digital infrastructure business by providing a concise offering that unifies connectivity to data centres and internet exchange services across hubs in the Middle East specifically in the Gulf with interconnected data centre and internet exchange platform solutions.

Accelerated access

Alliance Networks will enable carriers, enterprises, cloud, and content providers to benefit from accelerated access to networking and data center infrastructure across the region, through a single platform, contract, and experience.

“The first phase of the project is defined as the “interconnection” phase in which, all GCC countries will be interconnected to function as a single region/country and thus, addressing the need for seamless regional connectivity. This phase brings cloud, content, and communications to the edge and closer