OCL was established to offer wholesale capacity services to all Telecommunications providers, ISPs, Broadcasters and corporate customers and hence it is established to work as a National backbone to all players. And thus, providing the much required wholesale broadband services to all players and hence offering flexibility to the dynamic Telecommunication industry. On top of that it gives Malawi Telecommunications Limited, the mother company an opportunity to concentrate and compete effectively with other service providers on end user service provisioning on the market. Open Connect Limited therefore is an open access Network that serves as a National Backbone to all players in Malawi with a well-established metro network that feeds into the Backbone and a well layered Access dark fibre Network to reach all end user customers. OCL is the leading domestic provider of carrier, redundant light and last mile dark fibre services to leading Mobile Operators, ISP’s and Terrestrial TV providers. The core backbone and metro fibre infrastructure have been in operation since 2012 and has a proven track record of delivering carrier of carrier services. As the largest and only redundant fibre network provider in the domestic market, with key international fibre links to Mozambique and Tanzania in addition to a direct connection to SEACOM’s Indian Ocean Submarine Cable and to EASSY via Mozambique de Telecommunication (TDM), the Company commands a leading position in the domestic market. Our products and services include 1. Long haul capacity solutions 2. Short haul capacity solutions. 3. Access fibre capacity. 4. Dark Fibre Service. Our mission: To become the preferred provider of Communications infrastructure in Malawi. Our Vision: Broadband Within Reach Whilst the OCL head office is situated in Blantyre, the organisation has multiple branches and service centres across the country.