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R-25KM // NOC CORER-50KM // MNO PEERR-100KM // REGIONAL
Carrier-Grade Infrastructure

Network Architecture & Dual-MNO Interconnects

Physically terminated in Addis Ababa at Century Building with direct fiber and session border controller connections into Ethio Telecom and Safaricom Ethiopia cores. Engineered for zero single points of failure.

Live Carrier Topography · Bole Brass Century Bldg #409 NOC

Direct MNO Interconnect Architecture

First-party physical and logical trunks into Safaricom Ethiopia (+251 7) and Ethio Telecom (+251 9) cores. Zero intermediary aggregators, sub-50ms Patroni HA failover, and INSA-certified security centered in Addis Ababa.

MNO Core 01Active

Safaricom Ethiopia

Direct Signed Interconnect Agreement

Daraja M-PESA STKSub-second
B2B / B2C SettlementReal-Time
A2P MessagingDirect MNO Route
Addis Ababa Core Switch

Uplink Switch Engine

Bole Brass #409 · ECA Licensed & INSA Certified

SMPP Throughput1,240+ msg/s
SLA Availability99.99% Uptime
Patroni ConsensusActive Leader
Failover Recovery< 50ms SLA
MNO Core 02Active

Ethio Telecom

Direct Carrier Bindings & Trunks

SMPP v3.4 SessionsMulti-Bind Active
Airtime EVD RechargeReal-Time Core
OTP Priority Queue< 5s Guaranteed

Carrier Voice & SIP Gateway

Dual Active-Active SBCs · 100% White Route Voice Termination

CLI: 100% E.164 AuthenticPDD: < 2.5s · ASR: > 65%Capacity: 3M+ Min/MoDrop: 0.00%
Carrier-Grade Fault Tolerance

Sub-50ms Automated Failover Architecture

Engineered with Patroni PostgreSQL distributed consensus, dual application compute nodes, and active-active Session Border Controllers.

Compute Tier

ACTIVE-ACTIVE

Contabo High-Availability application nodes running isolated Docker containers with internal TCP probes.

Web Node 01 (Primary)100% Load
Web Node 02 (Standby) Hot Standby

Database Cluster

PATRONI HA

etcd multi-node Raft consensus leader election with zero data loss guarantee and synchronous write replication.

PostgreSQL Node ALeader / Primary
PostgreSQL Node B Streaming Standby

Voice SBC Trunks

CARRIER DUAL

Dual Session Border Controllers terminating 3M+ monthly voice minutes into Ethiopia with 100% white route legal compliance.

Carrier SBC 01 Active Trunk
Carrier SBC 02 Active Trunk
Compliant with ECA QoS Directive No. 794/2021 & Carrier-Grade Security Standards for Mission-Critical Telecom Infrastructure
99.9% Contractual SLA Guarantee
Direct Engineering Consultation

Schedule a Technical Deep-Dive with Our Network Architects

Review multi-carrier bind specifications, SMPP throughput benchmarks, and bilateral interconnect contracts directly with Uplink systems engineers.