FTTX for Enterprise customers is already available from Neotel

Neotel, South Africa’s new telecommunications network operator has announced that fibre to the premise (FTTX) is already available today for Neotel enterprise customers. Neotel completed the roll out of its metro access layer (fibre to the kerb) in five key metros enabling businesses to connect to their service in a matter of days.

“Contrary to recent media reports fibre to the premise (FTTX) for enterprise customers is available today from Neotel. Why wait for another two years when you can have the service in a matter of days.” says Stefano Mattiello, Executive Head of Enterprise Group at Neotel. “We completed the rollout of metro rings roughly 12 months ago and have also completed the rollout of our metro access layer in the major metros enabling the customers to link to our network, hence the term fibre to the kerb.”

Neotel is using this network to provide customers with multiplay services – voice, data and internet over one high bandwidth network. Neotel has greatly benefited in being able to implement a next generation network (NGN) upfront which has a fibre backhaul. ‘The availability of fibre to the kerb in the major metros, it means that any businesses in these areas can get connected to our services in a matter of days. The beauty of fibre to the kerb is that it enables us to take one cable into the building to connect all of the customer’s chosen services.”

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