Industry Telecommunications Headquarters Boksburg | Website www.otelafrica.com/ Founded 1995 | |
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Key people Mohammad Ashraf Patel, CEO Products SIP Trunking
1Cloud Hosted PBX
Fax over IP
TVNO Class 5 Softswitch | ||
OTEL Telecoms (also known as Ohren Telecom and O-Tel) is a South African national telecommunications company based in Boksburg. Established back in 1995, the company is now known for its Infrastructure as a service VoIP and broadband solutions.
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. The company is also a member of Wireless Access Providers Association (WAPA) of South Africa, where O-tel's CEO Mohammad Patel is the Deputy Chairman.
History and overview
OTEL telecoms started out in 1995 as part of South African IT distributor World Computer Systems, developing VoIP solutions.
The company reached its key milestone in 2009 with receiving ECNS license and spun off from WCS division Illuder.com. It utilised existing Vodacom’s 3G and Telkom's ADSL network in its first telephone line offering. Since then the company has grown significantly, and as of 2011 it offered a set of white label services, including SIP trunking, 1cloud hosted PBX, fax over IP, Centrex cloud call centre, Terrestrial Virtual Network Operator and leased line service.
In 2012 OTEL telecoms, together with Compulink Business Systems training centre, launched VoIP Academy, a course for VoIP professionals.
In August 2013, the company announced expansion of its presence at Teraco Isando and Teraco Cape Town data centres, and its shift from voice transit services to IaaS model, providing voice over Internet Protocol and fibre enabled broadband solutions to various licensed operators and resellers across Southern Africa.