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Altech inks partner deal with Huawei

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 31 Aug 2012

JSE-listed Allied Technologies (Altech) has signed a long-term value-added partner agreement with Huawei.

Under the agreement, Altech will provide Huawei Enterprise products and services to customers, and offer post-sales professional services and support.

The agreement covers a number of countries, including SA, Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Altech CEO Craig Venter says the partnership extends its existing solutions into the enterprise market.

President of Huawei Enterprise Business Group in the Eastern and Southern Africa region, Lauren Fan, says the partnership is an “important step in the development of our African Enterprise business”.

Huawei Enterprise offers solutions for vertical industry and enterprise customers, including government and public sectors, transportation and logistics, power grids, energy, healthcare, and finance.

Its offerings include ICT solutions such as cloud services, unified communications and transmission solutions, network and application security services, data centre networking and storage solutions and ICT infrastructure services.

Another component of the partnership is Altech's ability to distribute Huawei devices, such as smartphones and tablets, through its existing Altech Autopage Cellular national distribution network.

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