Derrick
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Neotel is SA’s shining beacon of hope for fixed mobile broadband and have been touted as the ‘competition’ that may wake up Telkom.
Whilst I think Neotel are working quite hard to deserve this accolade I doubt that there is very much that can shake up Telkom more than recent claims that their CEO was sacked.
But this shift in management hasn’t produced results yet and I doubt it will so once again eyes turn towards the orange beacon of hope.
The problem is that just like with traffic lights orange is neither go nor stop. It’s that mucky colour in the middle that tempts drivers to test out the prowess of the local Metro cops.
Neotel seems to be struggle from a similar dilemma. They don’t quite thrust ahead but neither do they stop completely and allow another faster, more aggressive player to step in.
The second national operator seems to be in no hurry whilst the ordinary South African is in a terrible rush. We need those damn services yesterday! But the SNO is happy to wait and test the waters.
It’s all fine and dandy being the new kid on the block but after sitting at the robot for too long people fast become impatient for you to hit foot to the peddle and go.
I would propose that Government, Icasa and whoever else wants to get involved from that side of the fence put in deadlines. Every time Neotel fail to roll out in an area another operator is given a license to set up a network and roll out services to those people.
They won’t have to revoke Neotel’s license but simply rely on the laws of competition to help the SNO rev their engines a bit. The new operator will now have the upper hand in that region and Neotel will find it even tougher to get into the market.
Next time they won’t wait months before launching but weeks and they’ll meet those deadlines.
Whilst I think Neotel are working quite hard to deserve this accolade I doubt that there is very much that can shake up Telkom more than recent claims that their CEO was sacked.
But this shift in management hasn’t produced results yet and I doubt it will so once again eyes turn towards the orange beacon of hope.
The problem is that just like with traffic lights orange is neither go nor stop. It’s that mucky colour in the middle that tempts drivers to test out the prowess of the local Metro cops.
Neotel seems to be struggle from a similar dilemma. They don’t quite thrust ahead but neither do they stop completely and allow another faster, more aggressive player to step in.
The second national operator seems to be in no hurry whilst the ordinary South African is in a terrible rush. We need those damn services yesterday! But the SNO is happy to wait and test the waters.
It’s all fine and dandy being the new kid on the block but after sitting at the robot for too long people fast become impatient for you to hit foot to the peddle and go.
I would propose that Government, Icasa and whoever else wants to get involved from that side of the fence put in deadlines. Every time Neotel fail to roll out in an area another operator is given a license to set up a network and roll out services to those people.
They won’t have to revoke Neotel’s license but simply rely on the laws of competition to help the SNO rev their engines a bit. The new operator will now have the upper hand in that region and Neotel will find it even tougher to get into the market.
Next time they won’t wait months before launching but weeks and they’ll meet those deadlines.