Neotel ‘pleased with progress’
“The process of acquiring new customers and expanding services to existing wholesale customers is ongoing. We are constantly expanding our list of strategic business partners,” Neotel said. Neotel is not willing to divulge too much information regarding its latest negotiations as many ongoing discussions are in the final stages of closure, but they did say that they are “progressing as per our original plans and continue to be pleased with our progress.”
One of Neotel’s main strategies is to make the most of the advantages of wireless technologies which will enable them to roll out services faster and make it possible for customers to subscribe to their service easily.
Neotel has indicated that it places a lot of hope in the use of CDMA2000 for the delivery of data and voice services, but for this purpose they need adequate 800 MHz spectrum. Hope is on the horizon for Neotel.
“In a Gazette notice published on the 31st October, ICASA has ruled that non-broadcasting companies can apply for spectrum in the 800 MHz band. Accordingly, Neotel is currently in the process of preparing an application in this context and we expect to make our application submission shortly,” Neotel said.
This is however not the only technology that Neotel is looking at using, and said that they are evaluating various technologies for the different services planned.
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