{"id":550828,"date":"2006-11-15T07:10:04","date_gmt":"2006-11-15T07:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/550828-iburst-and-datapro-partner.html"},"modified":"2006-11-15T07:10:04","modified_gmt":"2006-11-15T07:10:04","slug":"iburst-and-datapro-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/550828-iburst-and-datapro-partner.html","title":{"rendered":"iBurst and DataPro Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">A growing demand for wireless broadband in South Africa coupled with high fixed line telecommunications costs has encouraged iBurst to expand its distribution network. @lantic proved to be a valuable partner to iBurst with more than 200 franchises countrywide and an additional 700 service partners.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u201ciBurst currently has a subscriber base of almost 30 000 and this has the potential to grow significantly with our partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datapro.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Datapro<\/a> and @lantic. iBurst\u2019s expertise in wireless technologies combined with our partners\u2019 range of Internet and data solutions will ensure a mutually viable relationship,\u201d said Thami Mtshali, CEO of iBurst.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">As an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iburst.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBurst<\/a> reseller since 2005, @lantic has demonstrated the strength of its channel with excellent sales figures during the past 4 months, making the company one of iBurst&#8217;s top resellers.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Current estimates reveal South Africa to have approximately 350 000 broadband connections. However, despite increased competition and lower prices, South Africa\u2019s 0.7% broadband penetration is remarkably low compared to the OECD average of 15.5%.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Dederick Venter, Marketing Manager of @lantic commented saying: \u201cWe believe that iBurst adds a much needed and valuable weapon to our franchisees\u2019 selling arsenal. The unique selling proposition we offer is our countrywide distribution network, making it possible for us to reach more subscribers faster than any other consumer ISP.\u201d<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">iBurst has been capitalizing on Telkom\u2019s poor service delivery and high prices of its ADSL service, making iBurst an attractive fixed broadband option to many consumers.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">With iBurst\u2019s continual footprint expansion, fast service delivery times and aggressive marketing the wireless broadband provider is likely to continue its impressive growth seen over the last year.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=58555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discuss this article<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wireless broadband provider iBurst has struck a deal with leading telecommunications company Datapro and ISP @lantic Internet Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550828"}],"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=550828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}