{"id":213693,"date":"2017-11-29T11:20:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T09:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=213693"},"modified":"2017-11-29T11:20:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T09:20:40","slug":"routed-co-founder-appointed-as-ispa-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/213693\/routed-co-founder-appointed-as-ispa-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Routed co-founder appointed as ISPA director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malcolm Siegel, co-founder of Routed, a neutral cloud infrastructure provider, has been appointed to the board of The Internet Service Providers\u2019 Association (ISPA).<\/p>\n

He previously served as an ISPA member since 2011, in a role within the INX working group management committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cISPA has influenced and shaped telecommunications policy in South Africa since 1996, and I am excited to be playing a more committed role in the association. Innovation within this sector is at an all-time high and I am really energised to be closer to the coalface,\u201d Siegel said.<\/p>\n

Outlining the key challenges moving forward, Siegel said that the regulation of voice termination rates; FTTH and how to deliver it cost effectively, cloud adoption and ways to speed up movement into the cloud, are some of the significant challenges faced by the industry.<\/p>\n

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