OPENSERVE
Openserve is Telkom ’ s redesigned wholesale partner and is a division of the Telkom Group . It is South Africa ’ s largest telecommunications infrastructure provider with the biggest broadband network
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W hether you ’ re downloading a report for
your business , browsing the internet , or streaming your favourite songs , connectivity has become a key building block in our day-to-day lives .
Championing this technology-empowered , connected future , Openserve has laid down approximately 150,000km of fibre optic cables and connected over 81,000 homes to fibre , making it the largest telecommunication company in South Africa .
Though you may not have noticed they were there , Chief Procurement and Contracts Officer , Benjamin van Zyl , believes that it ’ s often the companies behind the scenes , like Openserve , that are having a big impact in the country .
“ Openserve is a division of the Telkom Group and it has been instrumental in enabling connectivity across South Africa and its borders ,” explains van Zyl .
“ Our mission is to be the connectivity provider of choice and enable a data-driven ecosystem . For us , it ’ s been important to drive a performancebased culture where ‘ doing what ’ s right ’ for the
AUGUST 2018