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June 10, 2009
Seacom set to drive broadband paradigm shift in SA
According to Internet Solutions (IS), the paradigm in the South African broadband market is changing, with the commercial principles behind the Seacom fibre optic undersea cable driving the shift towards a high speed, high capacity Internet connectivity environment.
"Seacom is an important milestone for the local telecommunications industry as it is the first time that South African service providers, other than Telkom, will be able to make a long-term investment in the provisioning of high speed, high capacity international connectivity," says Hillel Shrock, Business Solutions Director at IS. "Previously ISPs had to rely on short term contracts from a single operator to supply fixed-line capacity to our customers, which often did not benefit all levels of the value chain.
Posted by StaffWriter at June 10, 2009 10:10 AM
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