SA`s newest teleco launched
source: SouthAfrica.info
24 February 2009
South Africa’s emerging status as one of the world’s most liberalised telecoms markets has received a boost with the launch of O-Tel, the latest entrant into a rapidly hotting-up telecoms space.
O-Tel is a licensed national telecoms operator, having receiving its individual Electronic Communication Network Services (i-ECNS) license from the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) in January.
The telecoms company is able to offer a nationwide telecommunications service from day one because subscribers connect either to the Vodacom 3G network or Telkom’s ADSL network to be able to make telephone calls or surf the internet.
“O-Tel can provide anyone within Telkom ADSL or Vodacom 3G coverage with a telephone line for R99 per month with no contract necessary,” O-Tel CEO Mohammad Patel said in a [continue reading]

Leave a Comment