Looks like next year’s going to be an interesting one, as far as the telecommunications industry in this country is concerned. Below follows an excerpt from a press release by GTS, I thought was worth sharing:
As Goal Technology Solutions (GTS) is gearing up to take on South African telecommunications and broadcasting in 2007, consumers can expect a strong competitor to fixed-line operators and MultiChoice as well as a few brand new extras.
GTS uses PLC (power-line communication) to bring a triple play offering of broadband internet access, voice telephony and television programming directly into the home via an established electrical connection. “In essence this means that you can get all your telecommunications and broadcast packages from a single service provider that enters your home through a single plug point,” explains CEO Adrian Maguire.
Basically, GTS are going to provide broadband communication and pay-per-view television channels via a regular outlet in your home. They claim that their offering will run at up to 90Mb/s which is 22 times faster than Telkom’s broadband offering.
They hope to have their broadcast license well before the middle of next year and CEO, Adrian Maguire added, “Our business model has been developed to ensure job creation and sustainable skills transfer and above all, to provide all South Africans with a multifarious communications offering that they can afford.” Which sounds like a good plan to me. Hell, anything that’s better and cheaper than Telkom’s current offering will be welcomed with open arms.
Their ADSL ISP service pricing is pretty good too. More reading at goal.co.za
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Anything that’s better, cheaper AND FASTER than Telskum is awesome. Nice find dude.
OH wicked, I look forward to this. Our Telkom Diginet Line, the same one supplying Internet activity for external mail in and out, has been down since 9am. The telkom technician eventually arrived about 15min ago. Only took them 6+hrs.
Sounds excellent. Don’t know much about these power line connections but I have heard of them before. Pricing seems alright as well.