Hotspot access prices heat up

Issued by Stone Soup for Internet Solutions
Johannesburg, 20 Jun 2008

Internet Solutions (IS), a leading converged communications service provider, together with its partners, now offers the cheapest mobile broadband in the country through its WiFi Hotspot service. In addition, mobile users can now access over 600 public Hotspots countrywide through the recent roaming agreement with Wireless G. Attractive packages have been introduced to allow for seamless roaming across both networks.

New tariff structures and packages have been implemented at all IS Wifi Hotspot locations. Users now have extended data and time based packages to choose from. These range in price from 40c to R1/min for time-based and 15c to 60c/MB for data based packages. Additional flexibility has been added to allow the user to choose from a package expiration period of 7 days, 30 days, 12 months and no expiration. The no expiration time-based packages can be used in separate sessions and are not counted down from the first login.

"On average 30 000 unique users make use of our Hotspot network in any given month," says Justin Spratt, Manager of the Hotspot division at IS. "This number is constantly growing as the demand for mobility increases. Travellers and mobile users with laptops and handheld devices demand access in airports, hotels, coffee shops, guest houses and restaurants, all of which IS service. In addition to this, our 13 international integration partners provide an extensive network of hotspots across the globe, enabling access in most major locations."

Internet Solutions

Internet Solutions (IS), is Africa's leading New Age Telco, offering end to end converged communication solutions to our clients. The people at IS are passionate about constantly innovating and delivering solutions and services that are relevant and critical to their customers. These services are built on a world-class, secure, resilient infrastructure, delivered according to global best practices and effected in partnership with the world's leading technology vendors. It is through these services and solutions that IS creates a competitive edge for their customers communication needs, and promote sustainable business growth.

The business was founded in 1992 on the principle of developing a robust infrastructure in order for corporates and other organisations to communicate. Since then, IS has established itself as a leader in this space, attracting over 80% of South Africa's top businesses as clients. From listed companies to Non Governmental Organisations, local and national government and smaller companies, IS is enabling and evolving communications to meet the business needs of thousands of customers.

The company enjoys partnerships with major global players such as Cisco and Microsoft and holds Microsoft Gold Certification in the Hosting specialisation for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (Hosted Exchange and SharePoint) and Managed Hosting Solutions - the first South African company to achieve this accreditation and was the first company outside of the US to be certified as a Cisco Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP).

Today the company enjoys a leadership position as it delivers services including: Hosting, Access, Security Solutions, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Mobile Solutions, VOIS, African Solutions, Broadband, and Application Services (ASP). Recent growth in the African economy has resulted in IS spreading its services across all parts of the continent as clients demand reliable and robust networking connectivity in the African market.

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Hotspot access prices heat up

Internet Solutions now offers the cheapest mobile broadband in the country