ICT services provider Business Connexion (BCX) announced this morning it will invest about R85 million in upgrading its next-generation network (NGN).
"This infrastructure positions the company to provide network services that include voice, data, video and broadcasting to the market," says Julian Liebenberg, business executive at BCX Communications, in a statement.
BCX claims the NGN will allow it to "deploy bandwidth on a massive scale" as the convergence of ICT requires managed service providers to deliver combined offerings to market.
"In the near future, it should be possible to deliver links in excess of 5Mbps at under R1 000," says Liebenberg.
"As the concept of convergence reaches maturity, companies are deploying solutions that encompass the 'triple play` of voice, data and video. The primary promise of convergence has always been big cost savings through a single infrastructure that replaces previously separate networks.
"The recent network investment is augmented by the new R143 million Midrand data centre - together these facilities give Business Connexion the capacity to meet corporate needs in the converged ICT market."
The four-tier, Gartner-approved, Midrand centre, covering 1 000 square metres, will open for business in October.
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