Internet Solutions looks to join the dots with NTT
Converged communications service provider, Internet Solutions says it is working with its parent company, Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) under an initiative to expand into Asia.
In November, Internet Solutions established a new division – IS International – with an aim to accelerate its growth beyond South Africa’s borders.
The new unit would aim to provide additional support and investment to the group’s existing operations in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique. And with pan-African expansion in mind, the information and communications technology company also plans to establish further sales and operational presences in the largely untapped markets of Angola, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
“There are a number of exciting prospects on the horizon for IS International. We have taken a number of existing businesses and consolidated them as we plan to move deeper into Africa, which we are extremely excited about due to the sheer number of possibilities on the continent,” Derek Wilcocks, MD at Internet Solutions told BusinessTech.
“We are also working closely with our parent company, NTT as we expand into Asia. We have already moved our Asia Point of Presence (PoP) into NTT’s data centre, which was a major step in ensuring that all our sub-Saharan African clients have connectivity anywhere in the world when they travel or look to expand.
“Conversely, our partnerships and consolidation will also better serve our South African clients who are looking to expand into the economic hubs of sub-Saharan Africa.”
He said that capex spend for Internet Solutions would be similar to 2011, however he would not disclose what that figure was.
“We are on a steady expansion drive in terms of building out our fibre and last mile networks, as well as our data centre network. We will also be spending to realise our investment into WACS and also realise our other business objectives.”
The West Africa Cable System, or WACS – a submarine communications cable linking SA to the UK along the west coast – is expected to come online in the second quarter of 2012.
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