Duxbury Networking has announced the local availability of its Mobility range of four-port cellular routers, capable of expanding the reach of conventional Internet and branch office connectivity to some of the most underserviced areas of the South African market.
Graham Duxbury, managing director of Duxbury Networking, says the business world is increasingly demanding high-speed connectivity, since e-mail, the Web and electronic transactioning are becoming commonplace across the board.
"Yet some businesses remain hamstrung by the lack of telecoms services in their area. In turn, these businesses are often forced to choose expensive and difficult to maintain connectivity solutions utilising satellite or VSAT technology, placing them at a further disadvantage," Duxbury says.
"Duxbury Networking`s mobility range of routers is the perfect solution to this host of problems. By harnessing the massive footprint cellular operators have created in the local market and utilising leading high-speed technologies such as GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA, every business is now afforded easy to use, fast and cost-effective connectivity wherever they may be located."
While Duxbury says GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA connectivity is nothing new in the local market, the solutions available from operators locally generally rely on the customer owning a 3G capable cellular phone or a 3G/HSDPA PC-Card inserted into a notebook computer.
"The Duxbury Mobility range of routers now allows that same level of connectivity to be shared out across four users natively and literally hundreds of users through the integration of the router into existing network infrastructure. The client computers require nothing more than a conventional Ethernet port to connect," he says.
"Furthermore, the routers are completely network independent and as such can be used in conjunction with services from whichever network operator has the highest-speed, most reliable or cost-effective service deployed in the customer`s area of business.
"There`s also no contracts or tie-in periods required," Duxbury adds. "It`s truly a dream come true for many customers."
Duxbury says outside of connecting branch offices in underserviced areas to the Internet and corporate networks, the Mobility routers hold a compelling value proposition for small teams of consultants that are often based at customer premises for weeks on end, or could well also be seconded to locations in Africa.
"Getting temporary connectivity for the space of a couple of weeks is often a headache, if not a stark impossibility on the African continent. By using a Mobility router, consultants can get online in minutes and carry on with the work tasks at hand unhindered. It`s a strong value proposition indeed," he explains.
"In fact, if used in a failover environment, the routers can provide vital connectivity to schools, community centres and ATMs in rural areas. The scope is virtually limitless," he says.
Aside from providing connectivity, the Mobility routers also feature a full-spectrum of security and manageability features, including most notably a firewall and VPN pass-through facility.
"It`s extremely rewarding to be making a contribution to one of the biggest problems facing South Africa at present, namely always on, always available connectivity," he concludes.
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Established in 1984, Duxbury Networking has positioned itself as a leading specialist networking distributor in the southern African channel. The company is well-known for its Duxbury branded modems and has developed solid relationships with leading vendors in the networking, interconnectivity, wireless and convergence technology environments including Enterasys Networks, HP Procurve, Netgear, Proxim and Mitel.
For more information, please visit www.duxbury.co.za.
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