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Optic Fiber & communications
Optic Fiber & communications
About Optic Fibre Communications
The Optic Fibre Communications (OFC) is a semi-autonomous department within ESCOM that operates a national wide overhead Optic Fibre backbone network strung on electricity infrastructure reaching all parts of the country and the National Data Centre supported by the Malawi Government. This gives the business supreme advantages of stability, availability, reliability, efficiency and security
The business has a small customer base due to licensing model. It is regulated by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) with three licences namely Internet Service Provider (ISP), International Gateway and Carrier of Carriers.
With a commitment to innovation and reliability, OFC is the major cutting-edge broadband solutions provider through advanced optic fibre technology dedicated to transforming the digital landscape in the telecommunications industry in Malawi. OFC is meant to be the key driver of the government agenda of making data affordable to the end user facilitating the growth of data users through affordability while growing data volume usage from current users.

Network Coverage/ Topology
Optic Fibre Communications has an international IP transit that connects to a backbone running across the country from Songwe border to Zobue, Chipata to Lundazi in Mzimba with Metro and access rings in all major cities and towns.
International Gateway: Zobue, Dedza Border, Songwe, Chipata, Milanje, Lundazi, Chiponde
Back hauling: The OFC network is present in all the district including Likoma Island
Metro Network: Available in 10 Districts; Blantyre, Thyolo, Zomba, Mangochi, Salima, Dedza, Lilongwe, Kasungu, Mzuzu and Karonga
Access Network: Available in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Zomba, and Mzuzu
Technologies Deployed
DWDM, SDH, IP and Gpon
Products and Services
Optic Fibre Communications emerges as the ultimate solution to seamless communication, efficient workflows and access to vast array to resources in response to the increasing need for high-performance broadband solutions that are secure, available, reliable and affordable in today’s digital age.
Backbone Local IP transit: Designed to provide businesses with robust and high-performance connectivity solutions ensuring seamless access to the global internet enabling businesses to thrive in the digital era.
International Gateway: Designed to provide seamless global connectivity services that empower businesses to thrive on a globally connected world with confidence, performance and security across borders with tailored solutions.
Virtual Private Network (VPN): Designed to enable secure and encrypted communications over a public network. Whether personal privacy, secure remote access or by-passing regional restrictions, OFC VPN ensures a private and encrypted connection over the internet.
FTTx Access Drops: Designed to deliver high speed internet and other communication services to various endpoints.
OFC is the leader in modern broadband technology providing high performance, reliable internet connectivity to homes, businesses and communities.
Data Centre :
- Tier 3 Data Centre
- 2 Modules of 21 Racks – 42U each
- Memory 20.209TB CPU – 7300 core Storage 300TB
- 98% uptime
homes, businesses and communities.
ofc Services
Physical Data Centre Hosting: Renting physical space, Rack Hosting and Bare Metal Server Hosting.
Cloud Computing: Providing access to computing resources such as virtual machines, storage and applications delivered over the internet.
Virtualization services: Enables the creation of virtual servers, storage and networks to optimize resource utilization. Key Features include server virtualization, network virtualization, storage virtualization and hypervisor management