{"id":590362,"date":"2022-05-26T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=590362"},"modified":"2022-05-26T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:37:00","slug":"bt-and-mtn-business-form-strategic-alliance-to-enhance-communications-services-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/590362\/bt-and-mtn-business-form-strategic-alliance-to-enhance-communications-services-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"BT and MTN Business form strategic alliance to enhance communications services in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, BT and MTN Business announced a strategic alliance which will offer world class security and communications services to business customers across Africa.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtnbusiness.co.za\/en\/Pages\/default.aspx?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=May+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more about MTN Business.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New and existing MTN Business customers will get access to a raft of solutions, including cloud-based security and consultancy, managed connectivity, and voice services which will be delivered seamlessly as part of MTN\u2019s Enterprise portfolio, meeting local regulatory and compliance requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The two leading operators will collaborate closely to enhance each other\u2019s strengths.<\/p>\n<p>Customers will benefit from BT\u2019s leading-edge technology combined with MTN\u2019s strong presence on the ground and proximity to customers.<\/p>\n<p>The first offering by BT and MTN will be a Security Operations Centre (SOC)-service, which will enable customers to consistently monitor and improve their cyber-security while preventing, detecting, analysing, and responding to cyber-security incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The new service is based on BT\u2019s cloud-based Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) service, which combines the leading technologies with BT\u2019s unparalleled track record in securing leading global organisations.<\/p>\n<p>With a subscription-based model that requires no capital investment, and BT\u2019s accredited security team providing 24&#215;7 monitoring and in-life support, the service will be scaled up and available immediately to MTN\u2019s existing and new customers.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership is evidence of MTN Business\u2019s ongoing drive to provide digital solutions, world class services and innovation to businesses across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>MTN will also tap into BT\u2019s wide range of Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) solutions, including the provision of wholesale voice, Microsoft Teams voice, and global SIP solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro Adriani, indirect sales director, BT, said: \u201cThe world\u2019s leading banks, healthcare providers, energy companies and governments put their trust in BT to connect and secure their operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We look forward to working with MTN to bring the same cutting-edge services and solutions to businesses across the African continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMTN Business continues to deliver innovative solutions to ensure the benefits of the digital economy are expanded to more people and entities across Africa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As this growth happens, however, it is imperative to manage risk. MTN Business is excited about the potential this alliance has to offer and is committed to providing solutions that ensure businesses thrive in the digital economy of the future\u201d, says Wanda Matandela, Chief Enterprise Business Officer at MTN.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtnbusiness.co.za\/en\/Pages\/default.aspx?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=May+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more about MTN Business.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business customers to benefit from BT\u2019s resilient and secure solutions combined with MTN\u2019s presence on the African continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":590364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-590362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-mtn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590362"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590700,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590362\/revisions\/590700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}