AmVia and DataPro have announced that their joint venture fax offering has been awarded a tender by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) to supply government departments with inbound desktop fax-to-e-mail.
The service addresses the issue of telecommunication costs by offering discounted fax-to-e-mail.
This service makes use of an 087 prefix and charges R1.07 per minute, as opposed to the traditional 086 vendors, who charge R2.02 per minute. This translates to a 45% discount for the end-user.
The technology assigns a unique 087 number to each user and routes incoming faxes into the user`s e-mail inbox as a PDF file.
In terms of the partnership, AmVia supplies the RightFax server back-end and DataPro the network backbone, telecoms infrastructure and 087 licence (granted by ICASA).
DataPro is a member of AltX-listed Vox Telecom, an integrated telecommunications company, which provides the full range of Internet, data and voice over IP services through DataPro, Vox, Orion Telecom and @lantic Internet Services.
AmVia is the authorised distributor for RightFax in South Africa and the country`s leading supplier of fax server solutions and services, with more than 70% of the commercial fax market.
"Our solution is suitable for both government and corporate sectors. RightFax technology enables us to significantly reduce the cost of an incoming fax while meeting compliance requirements," says DataPro spokesman Martin Kuhlmann.
"Fax continues to grow in volumes around the world and is still a reliable method of communication," says Kuhlmann. "The ability to seamlessly integrate fax and e-mail results in increased convenience, productivity and process efficiency benefits and a 45% saving on every page."
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