At Momentum, O-Tel Telecoms today announced significant progress and traction with its VoIP Academy, where the second course just took place.
Launched in June 2012, the VoIP Academy, hosted by SETA accredited Compulink and led by SA's VOIP guru Paul Colmer, was established to meet the demand of a formal VOIP qualification course. Predominantly a 'self-taught' industry, the technology has grown by leaps and bounds to necessitate such a facility.
“The past training course has come to a close and we move forward to the next one! Overall, it went very well and all feedback has been positive,” comments Colmer.
The newly qualified VOIP professionals were very excited on receiving their certificates.
“Enjoyed every bit and learnt a lot. Paul has a special skill for explaining technology and a great knowledge of all the technology. I loved it!” ~ Wynand van Rensburg of Nology Solutions
“Done with excellence and dedicated training skill. Well worth it and the money spent. Training was done with passion and understanding. The VOIP course was well presented. Will be recommended to anyone interested in VOIP.” ~ Alan Strydom of Alco Communications
Donald Oloo of Durban-based Basizi Data Solutions thought the trip was well worthwhile: “The course was well presented and would recommend it to others.”
ABC Cellular's Zubair Ebrahim endured the Ramadhan fast to take his primarily cellular business into unified communications: “Very informative and very helpful presenter overall. I am happy with the course content and the practical applications thereafter.”
Colmer is excited for the upcoming months. He has been involved in the shooting of a TV documentary by SABC regarding the latest in telecom technology. O-Tel's VoIP Academy will be featured in the programme.
“August and September will be busier than last month's,” adds Colmer. “We're preparing for a course session in Cape Town due to popular demand.”
O-Tel's VoIP Academy has attracted students from unexpected sources. Incumbent telecom operators, government institutions and JSE-listed company employees' course fees have been paid by their employers in order to benefit, by integrating advanced telecommunications within the organisation.
“Students don't leave empty handed. The vast amount of knowledge they leave with after an exam is backed by a certificate, software for 'Asterisk PBXinaFlash', 3CX including NFR licence, which enables full functionality and G729, and a variety of other free soft switches to play with; SnomOne, BizPBX and a variety of softphones. All of which they can practise their newfound VOIP skills on,” concludes a visibly passionate Colmer.
The next sessions are booked for 27 August and 17 September in Johannesburg; and 3 September in Cape Town. Bookings can be made online at www.otelafrica.com, where a prospectus and courseware can also be found to motivate attendees' company sponsorship.
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O-Tel Telecoms
O-Tel is South Africa's fastest growing infrastructure as a service provider, with an established and stable VOIP infrastructure. O-Tel provides white label services such as SIP trunking and hosted PBX to WISPs, ISPs, IT service providers, PBX installers, and enterprises.
O-Tel is proud to be a Licensed National Telecom Service Provider in South Africa.
For information on O-Tel's products and services, please visit www.otelafrica.com.
For media inquiries, please contact: O-Tel Press Officer, (010) 591-0010 or info@otelafrica.com.
Compulink Business Systems
Compulink Business Systems established its training centre 20 years ago and is presently situated in the Boskruin Village Shopping Centre, 1 Hawken Avenue, Boskruin, Randburg.
It has proved certified training to many thousands of delegates (learners/students) in the use of Pastel Partner and Evolution accounting plus payroll as well as Microsoft-related courses.
Compulink's ISETT SETA APP number is APP0100064.
For more information, please call Brian Harris on 011 791-6262 or visit www.compulink.co.za.
Paul Colmer & Associates
Paul Colmer & Associates is a professional IT and communication consulting company specialising in unified voice and data and IT/telephony consulting on open source platforms and IT and communications talent acquisition. It was founded in the UK over 20 years ago by Paul Colmer, who has had 30 years of experience in the communications industry across the UK, Europe and Africa.
For more information, please call Paul Colmer on 074-569-5014 or visit www.paulcolmer.co.za.
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