| Ohren Telecom, also known as
O-Tel, is a national telecom
operator with a long
history.
Previously part of leading
IT Distributor, World
Computer Systems, the
company began experimenting
with Voice Over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) far back in
1995 when ICQ was the
leading chat program,
Hotmail was not owned by
Microsoft, Netscape was the
leading internet browser,
Skype was not born as yet,
and usage of VOIP was
illegal in South Africa
alongside most countries in
the world.
Working with scarcely
available proprietary VOIP
hardware at the time, which
were the single channel IP
PCI Cards, high latency
service, and running voice
data over Dual ISDN lines
(ADSL was not released in SA
as yet), the project began
with proprietary voice
codec. The experiment
continued with the advent of
H.323 standard in 1996. It
was difficult to establish a
service in South Africa as
the old Department of
Communications announced
VOIP as being illegal to use
over Telkom lines. This bill
was abolished in the new
millennium. It opened big
doors for Digital Telephony.
SIP technology was released
in 1999. In 2001 World
Computer Systems (WCS) was
one of the initial users of
a Mitel IP PBX running on
SIP in South Africa. Despite
great difficulty upon
installation at the time,
the system still runs well
until today.
Upon the takeover of WCS in
2005 by BEE group Dial
Matrix, the telecom division
moved on to establish its
own identity into the
telecommunication world.
Three years into obscurity,
but continued experiments,
Ohren Telecom (O-Tel) was
formed using the financial
backbone of ILLUDER.com, the
former security/CCTV
division of WCS and leading
Security Distributor in
Southern Africa.
After the decision in late
2008 to allow VANS to
install public networks,
O-Tel officially obtained
it’s ECNS licence in January
2009.
March 2009 seen O-Tel break
away from the ILLUDER.com
group to sail towards the
land of opportunity.
O-Tel has established it’s
own offices in Boksburg, and
have signed agents
nationwide through it’s
agent model. All of whom are
top peformers in their
field.
Today, O-Tel has firmly
planted its roots in the
industry. O-Tel owns the
latest switches, updated SIP
servers, and holders of the
much valued ECS and ECNS
telecom licence in South
Africa. Partnering with the
network services of Telecom
mogul Vodacom/Vodafone and
stalwarts Telkom, O-Tel
covers 95% of South Africa
and can provide voice and
data services at very
competitive pricing.
O-Tel’s connection products
such as O-Box, Virtual
Leased Lines, ADSL Network
and IP-PBX, has been of its
in-house development and
design, unique and fully
functional providing
convenience and voice/data
services to metropolitan
areas and certain areas
where major telco’s failed
to provide stable
connection. O-Tel’s PBX
solutions are at a
fractional of the price
compared to its equivalent.
O-Tel also offers an
Off-Site Hosted PBX service.
The future looks very bright
for O-Tel. Gaining market
share fast, new innovative
products and packages in the
horizon, and large media
coverage winning the support
of the South African Public,
O-Tel is well on its way to
become a market leader
sooner rather than later.
O-Tel can provide a full
telecom solution for the
home, business and public.
We are Your National Telecom
Operator of Choice. |
