Neotel happy with its progress
Neotel said that while they can not reveal all the details about customer signings and strategic partnerships, they are pleased with their progress and that many discussions are in the final stages of closure.
“The process of acquiring new customers and expanding services to existing wholesale customers is ongoing, and we are constantly expanding our list of strategic business partners,” Neotel said.
To support their services Neotel needs a competitive national and International telecoms network, and the operator is confident of its progress here.
“Completion of the long distance infrastructure to support these services is well underway. The full suite of enterprises services will be available to Neotel’s first customers in the first quarter of 2007, and initial consumer services for residential and SMME customers will be introduced in limited areas by April 2007,” Neotel said.
Neotel is placing lots of focus on its development of a world class Next Generation Network, and this process is reaching the implementation phase.
“We are currently in the final stages of our vendor selection process for the phase 1 implementation of our Next Generation Network, leveraging the metro infrastructure procured from Transnet, as well as the long distance network,” said Mala Suriah, spokesperson for Neotel.
Telkom is however not resting on its laurels, and Papi Molotsane has recently reiterated that he is sticking to his plans to invest billions of Rands in Telkom’s new generation networks.
Consumers will ultimately be the beneficiaries of these NGN networks, especially customers with their eyes on improvements in the broadband arena.
Many current Telkom customers are eagerly awaiting Neotel’s first retail offerings. These hopeful onlookers are placing a great deal of hope in Telkom’s competitor to shake up the market with world class broadband offerings at affordable rates.
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