Telecommunications Solutions

The African continent is faced with the challenge of supplying first-world services in a third-world environment. Although wireless networks are providing part of the solution to this complex problem, the difficulties experienced by the lower income earners are still not being addressed. However, more telecommunications providers are entering the market and tremendous growth is forecast in this industry on the African continent. 

On the African continent, the telecommunications industry is for the most part regulated. The trend is changing from using one supplier to using a range of suppliers, giving the consumer more choices and forcing the providers to implement solutions and networks that provide a higher level of service and quality.

GijimaAst Telecommunications provides information communication technology solutions to telecommunication providers within Africa, by means of value-added, integrated solutions. GijimaAst's success in this field is made possible by its strong relationships with key industry players and clients.

GijimaAst Telecommunications is always seeking out challenging opportunities within our client base to change, grow, innovate and improve the industry by enabling clients to provide better services to their customers, thus increasing revenue and profitability.
We have an understanding of all the elements of our clients business conditions, including finance, revenue, profit and key performance indicators. This means that we are able to present a unique, market-specific value proposition to our clients, supported by our proven ability to provide the most suitable solution for each clients environment.

Currently, telecommunications networks carry far more voice traffic than data. However, telecommunications providers are focusing on data transmission as the future growth area and, as the demand for data transmission increases, so the demand for increased bandwidth will continue. GijimaAst Telecommunications has extensive experience in the voice and data fields.

In South Africa, the regulator is opening the market to a second fixed-line operator and a third mobile operator, which will probably result in increased opportunities in this market as these two operators establish themselves. At the same time, the other operators will attempt to widen the gap by improving service and the quality of their networks. Value added services will become a differentiator for the operators and significant opportunities will arise.

With its focused, holistic approach and by fostering partnerships with leading suppliers of best-of-breed products, GijimaAst Telecommunications can be an invaluable partner to telecommunications operators by providing total solutions. This approach will allow the client to concentrate on his core business operations.

Service Offerings

Telecommunications offers total solutions comprising hardware, operating and database software, networks, systems integration, support and maintenance, outsourcing, training and project control and management.

Telecommunications delivers systems design, development, implementation, integration and ongoing support services to clients, locally and internationally. Our capabilities address wireless and "wire-line" systems and are applied in support of the major role players in the industry, i.e. carrier, network and service providers. We are the market leader in the supply of IT services in the GSM domain, where our IT expertise is combined with our in-depth knowledge of GSM network elements, mediation and CABS (customer care and billing systems) for both network operators and service providers.

In our view, the convergence of voice, data and graphics is already a reality and we are geared to support the entire spectrum of telecommunication projects, including ISDN implementations. Technology advances in this industry are spectacular and GijimaAst has identified this industry as a focus area and is ready to enter into strategic partnerships, or to provide specialist support, on demand, to Telecommunication providers.

Our services and products include the following:

• Consultancy services
• Security solutions
• Capacity planning
• Fraud management solutions
• Inventory management
• Billing and customer care solutions
• Helpdesk solutions
• Customer relationship management solutions
• Specialised resources (Oracle, SAP/R3, Tetra)
• Systems integration
• Outsourcing.

Contact Us

Hendrik de Meyer
Tel: (011) 209 0024 / (011) 209 4000