Internet Solutions (IS) is an Internet services provider for public and private sector organisations. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dimension Data Group and part of NTT.
Headquartered in
South Africa
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, IS has operating offices in
Mozambique
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,
Uganda
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,
Ghana
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,
Kenya
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and
Nigeria
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, as well as sales offices in the UK, Singapore and US. IS has six international Points of Presence (PoPs) – in New York, London (2), Germany, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and 65 PoPs across the African continent. The company has over 12,000 m
2 of data centre space across Africa and is the largest provider of alternate last mile services in South Africa.
Internet Solutions is wholly owned by Dimension Data, with its headquarters in
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...
, South Africa. Subsidiaries include Ignite, AlwaysOn, VAST and
MWEB.
History
In 1997, Dimension Data acquired Internet Solutions by purchasing the remaining 75% of the company; previously they had acquired 25% the year before.
Ronnie Apteker, one of the founders of Internet Solutions stated that one of the main reasons for selling the company was to enhance the company's ability to deliver to the market and has joined forces with Dimension Data to meet market needs.
In 2013, Internet Solutions provided an uncapped and unshaped 1 Gbit/s internet connection during the rAge 2013 which is the biggest Computer LAN event in South Africa. This was a milestone in South African gaming industry.
In 2014, the company announced that it joined the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). Additionally, the company acquired ContinuitySA, a provider of business continuity management services to public and private organisations. The terms of the acquisition enabled ContinuitySA to retain their brand and operational autonomy, whilst also maintaining its vendor neutral stance.
In 2015, the company acquired the MWEB Business and Optinet Network Services divisions of
MWEB, South Africa's second largest consumer
Internet Service Provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides a myriad of services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet. ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, no ...
.
In December 2016, the company announced that it had entered an agreement with
Naspers
Naspers Limited (until 1998 Die Nasionale Pers) is a South African multinational internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town.
The company has interests in online retail, publishing, real estate, and ventu ...
to acquire MWEB as an entry into the residential consumer Internet market. On 9 May 2017, it was announced that the South African competition authorities approved the proposed acquisition of MWEB with 31 May 2017 being the effective date of the sale.
See also
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Dimension Data
Dimension Data was a company specialising in information technology services. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, the company maintained operations on every inhabited continent. Dimension Data focused on services including IT consulting, tec ...
References
Telecommunications companies of South Africa
Internet service providers of Africa
Companies based in Johannesburg
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