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In the past two years , the South African giant has joined forces with companies such as Huawei and Nokia to help provide a high-speed fibre packet and optical transport network .
“ Under the leadership of our Chief Technology and Systems Officer , Hugo van Zyl , we are implementing an IP-enabled optical transport network – we call it POTN ( for Packet and Optical Transport Network ),” explains van Zyl . “ The POTN establishes an IP enabled optical transmission capability that can scale to meet the demands of the fourth industrial revolution , catering for higher speeds , increased capacity requirements , lower latency requirements and digitalisation of the network fabric .
“ Fibre deployment remains a key future enabler for end-user connections , as well as small cells in
“ To survive in a world where the cost of infrastructure is expensive and the price the client is willing to pay is continuously coming down , cost optimisation has been weaved into our business strategy ”
— Benjamin van Zyl , Chief Procurement & Contracts Officer mobile networks . Huawei ’ s contribution is important , providing this state of the art technology in a dual-vendor scenario .
“ We also have a long-standing relationship with Mthiyane Construction . They are part of a panel of sub-contractors doing build , maintenance and repair work in different layers of the network . They are important as we need
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