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ECN, a value-added network service provider, has won a multimillion-rand contract to provide a virtual private network for property developer Bondev Development's Midrand Estates residential project.
The contract requires ECN to provide the residents of Midrand Estates with voice and data services, and allow for the future deployment of on-demand video content and IPTV, says ECN CEO John Holdsworth.
The deal is worth R100 million over five years, and is the largest ECN has won to date, he says. It is also the first large-scale deployment of voice services that does not involve fixed-line incumbent Telkom, he says.