Opinion Pieces by Vox Orion. ox Telecom Limited is the leading alternative, independent telecom operator, providing voice and data services to the Southern African market
01st May 2006
Number churn and price wars – that’s what much of the debate around number portability, now deferred to September, has focused on. But what about the implications for companies with least cost routing (LCR) solutions? Are they suddenly going to be paying a lot more for their telecommunications? JACQUES DU TOIT, director at Orion Telecom, says that important questions about the impact of number portability on organisations must be asked.
01st May 2006
Managed services are meant to reduce the cost and complexity of network-based services, applications, and equipment to organisations. Provided you do your homework before you pick a managed service provider, cautions JACQUES DU TOIT, director of Orion Telecom, the benefits can be significant.
01st May 2006
Managed services are meant to reduce the cost and complexity of network-based services, applications, and equipment to organisations. Provided you do your homework before you pick a managed service provider, cautions JACQUES DU TOIT, director of Orion Telecom, the benefits can be significant.
01st May 2006
Companies need to implement 360-degree BEE to bring about real socio-economic progress in South Africa. That’s the word from JACQUES DU TOIT, director at Orion Telecom. He says it’s time to extend black economic empowerment beyond the boardroom if South African business wants to empower more than the elite few.
29th Mar 2006
Telco-centric versions of VoIP that are being peddled now are not true Internet-based VoIP. A true VoIP system routes calls end-to-end over the Internet. Orion Telecom has come across several clients who were ostensibly sold a VoIP solution, but many of these are hybrid solutions. While there is nothing wrong with them, companies are being misled and are paying for something they don’t have.
03rd Jan 2006
South Africa’s telecommunications policy is disastrous, and wholly out of synch with the countries we are seeking to compete against in the race for offshore call centre provisioning. In addition to the provision of basic telephony being a monopoly enjoyed by Telkom, in-fighting among the various regulatory bodies in the sector is slowing down the [...]