MTN Network Solutions (MTN NS) has been awarded its biggest government tender yet - a South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) contract worth R166 million over three years.
In terms of the tender, which was first published in February last year, MTN NS will provide virtual private network services to Sassa nationally.
MTN NS CEO Mike Brierley describes the deal as significant and the single largest tender the company has yet been awarded.
"The delivery timeline on the project is tight, with a six-month roll-out, which offers some challenges to us," he says. "But at the same time, it is a very exciting and rewarding contract for MTN NS, to assist Sassa in its significant role of the provision of social grants and pensions to some 12 million people throughout the country."
Brierley says the size of the project is "enormous".
"We need to connect and enable more than 800 sites in all nine provinces, including some very remote and rural areas that currently have no connectivity."
He says Sassa's service needs to be accessible in even the most remote parts of the country, and the company has to come up with the solutions to ensure service delivery. He adds that he is confident it can do this.
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