{"id":25080,"date":"2012-10-25T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T12:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=25080"},"modified":"2012-10-25T15:15:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T13:15:39","slug":"sa-motor-industry-set-for-own-telco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/25080\/sa-motor-industry-set-for-own-telco\/","title":{"rendered":"SA motor industry set for own Telco"},"content":{"rendered":"

South African Retail Motor Industry body, RMI<\/a>, has signed an agreement with JSE-listed TeleMasters<\/a> with the aim of launching, what it claims as, South Africa’s\u00a0first industry-specific telecommunications company.<\/p>\n

The RMI represents around 7,500 motor industry members, including car rental firms, vehicle dealerships, spares and repair companies and service stations.<\/p>\n

The organisation hopes to form a fully-fledged and licensed telecommunications company solely for RMI\u2019s members.<\/p>\n

Riaan Pietersen<\/a>, head of Enterprise division at TeleMasters, says the joint venture will see the launch of a telco, TeleMoto, which will be 51% owned by RMI and 49% by TeleMasters.<\/p>\n

TeleMoto\u00a0will offer discounted rates and free on-net VoIP calls to subscribers, as well as enhanced data and future proof Virtual PBX systems, the parties said.<\/p>\n

Pietersen said, in-line with the agreement, TeleMasters will now start signing up RMI\u2019s member base as TeleMasters customers.<\/p>\n

As a full-service license telecommunications company, TeleMasters is in a position to quickly roll out a new telco built on the necessary infrastructure, said Pietersen.<\/p>\n

He continued, saying that he believes the new model will prove one that works for several large industry sectors. \u201cTeleMasters has been working on the idea for some time now, and RMI was the first to take up the opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pietersen saiad further that the benefits to RMI members will include a “dramatic saving” on their voice and data costs, as well as access to advanced communications technologies such as the Virtual PBX. This alone, he said, will deliver tremendous capital and monthly savings plus allow for simpler, more cost-effective maintenance and upgrades.<\/p>\n

Many of RMI\u2019s members are SMEs, Pietersen noted, and they are therefore price-sensitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith their own telco, which has their interests at heart and which can pass on benefits of scale, members can expect to see savings of 25% – 35% on their communications costs. They will be able to talk to other members on the network for free, and will also enjoy improved data services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to RMI, while the immediate call savings may be a draw-card, in the long term, call costs will drop across the board and the real benefit to members will be the improved quality on voice and speed of data services.<\/p>\n

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