{"id":112677,"date":"2014-10-22T15:28:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T13:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=112677"},"modified":"2014-10-22T16:40:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T14:40:22","slug":"altech-node-gaining-traction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/112677-altech-node-gaining-traction.html","title":{"rendered":"Altech Node gaining traction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Altech Node<\/strong><\/a> was launched in September 2014 as a \u201csmart home\u201d product that offers a subscription-based satellite push video on demand (VOD) service.<\/p>\n

Altech explained at the time that its Node offered three broad services: \u201cSmart TV\u201d, \u201cSmart Entertainment\u201d, and \u201cSmart Home\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Altech Node\u2019s Smart Home functionality includes home automation features, like support for accessories such as internal and external surveillance cameras, motion sensors, antennas, Wi-Fi boosters, and a voice over IP phone.<\/p>\n

A \u201csmart plug\u201d will also be available which Altech said will allow users to control electricity supply to appliances.<\/p>\n

People can also use the Altech Node service to pay their electricity bill, pay their telephone bill, and top up their cellphone airtime.<\/p>\n

\"Altech<\/a>

Altech Node remote app<\/p><\/div>\n

Altech Node sales targets<\/h3>\n

Speaking to Business Day TV<\/strong><\/a> on 9 October 2014, Altron CEO Robbie Venter said that they have already sold 15,000 Altech Nodes into the retail channel. Altech is also distributing the Node through Autopage stores.<\/p>\n

Venter added that their initial Altech Node sales targets were based on a level where the business will be profitable. \u201cIt\u2019s between 50,000 and 100,000 units,\u201d said Venter.<\/p>\n

\"Altech<\/a>

Altech Node<\/p><\/div>\n

Developing the Altech Node<\/h3>\n

Venter told Moneyweb<\/strong><\/a> that the development of the Altech Node was a collaborative effort involving eight companies in the Altron TMT fold.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Node was in development for approximately two years prior to its launch, so the coming together of the intellectual property rights was very nice and good for us to see,\u201d said Venter.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything from the payment solutions to the distribution, the manufacturing, the research and development, and the billing system – all of that has been done within the Altron group,\u201d said Venter.<\/p>\n

More on the Altech Node<\/h3>\n

Altech Node: video-on-demand without broadband for R299 per month<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Altech Node hands-on<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Altech\u2019s Node, which offers \u201cSmart TV, Smart Entertainment, and Smart Home\u201d functionality, has already sold over 15,000 units to retailers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":110134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1295,26660,7983,35,27074,19971],"class_list":["post-112677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-altech","tag-altech-node","tag-altron","tag-headline","tag-node","tag-robbie-venter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112683,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112677\/revisions\/112683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}