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OTEL Telecoms

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South African telecommunication company

OTEL Telecoms

Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Boksburg,City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Key people	Mohammad Ashraf Patel,CEO
Products	SIP Trunking 1Cloud Hosted PBX Fax over IP TVNO Class 5Softswitch
Website	www.otelafrica.com/

OTEL Telecoms (also known asOhren Telecom andO-Tel) is a South African nationaltelecommunications company based inBoksburg. Established in 1995, the company providesInfrastructure as a service VoIP andbroadband products.^[1]^[2]

O-tel is a member of South African Internet industry body, Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), where OTEL's CEO Mohammad Patel serves in the senior management committee, and holds ECS and ECNS telecom licences.^[3]^[4] The company is also a member of Wireless Access Providers Association (WAPA) of South Africa, where O-tel's CEO Mohammad Patel is theDeputy Chairman.^[5]

History and overview

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OTEL telecoms was founded in 1995 as part of South African IT distributor World Computer Systems, developing VoIP products.^[6]

In 2009 the company received an ECNS license andspun off from WCS division Illuder.com. It utilised existingVodacom’s3G andTelkom's ADSL network in its first telephone line offering.^[7]^[8] Since then the company has grown significantly, and as of 2011 it offered a set ofwhite label services, including SIP trunking, 1cloud hosted PBX, fax over IP, Centrex cloud call centre, TerrestrialVirtual Network Operator andleased line service.

In August 2013, the company announced expansion of its presence at TeracoIsando and TeracoCape Town data centres, and its shift from voice transit services to IaaS model, providing voice over Internet Protocol and fibre enabled broadband products to various licensed operators andresellers across Southern Africa.^[9]

References

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^"Ohren Telecom Overview" atBusinessweek, Retrieved on 2013-9-30.
^"OTEL Telecoms profile" atITWeb, Retrieved on 2013-9-30.
^"Mohammad Patel"Archived 6 August 2013 at theWayback Machine atISPA, Retrieved on 2013-9-30.
^"OTEL Telecoms" atISPA, Retrieved on 2013-9-30.
^"WAPA Committee"^{[dead link]},WAPA, Retrieved on 2013-9-30.
^"World Computer Systems Overview",Businessweek, Retrieved on 2013-9-30.
^"SA's newest teleco launched",SouthAfrica.info, Retrieved on 2013-9-30.
^"O-Tel launch",TeleGeography, Retrieved on 2013-9-30.
^"Otel expands Teraco data centre presence",Telecompaper, Retrieved on 2013-9-30.

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