Premier

1. and (b)

Item	Total
Neotel Voice First line Support	R68 348 842.11
Neotel voice user line rental	R3 234 686.20
Neotel VOIP minutes	R26 039 067.06
Neotel access links	R118 885 824.44
Neotel core links	R66 258 251.85
Neotel Co-location facilities	R7 315 150.47
Neotel IP Phones	R10 260 533.60
SITA Service Installation Fee	R23 627 936.17
SITA VPN Management Fee	R124 801 128.47
SITA Annual Contract, Risk Management and Governance	R11 330 029.74
SITA Programme management	R5 402 054.24
SITA Internet	R20 016 718.33
SITA NMS Licences	R36 918 189.01
SITA ROE Fluctuation & Change Request	R28 199 755.92
Migration Services	R9 789 909.53
Cabling & Infrastructure	R973 438.48
Project administrators/resources	R2 327 601.61
Advisory Services	R953 895.00
Totals	R564 683 012.22

 

(c) SITA, Liquid Telecom (Neotel), SIZWE, Future Perfect, Mindspring

 

 

1895 sites have been provided with broadband connectivity which provides high throughput connectivity at a low cost.  In addition, a number of sites that we have not been able to connect with network services in the past, such as schools, Cape Access Centres and rural libraries, have now also been provided with connectivity.

There are 178 Wi-Fi hotspots which can be used by the public. Liquid Telecom has reported that the total accumulated number of citizen users over two years amounted to 1,627,932, with a monthly average of 103,085 users. In addition, the parallel mobile digital literacy programme aligned to the hotspots, called Citizen Internet Champions, reached a total of 410,351 citizens.

Altogether, Broadband services have been provided to about 425 WCG corporate sites, 1245 schools and 225 rural libraries/museums. 25 Broadband Points of Presence (POPs) have been established across the Province. 2 x Super-POPs in Cape Town and George and 23 other POPs in Beaufort West, Bredasdorp, Caledon, Clanwilliam, Hermanus, Knysna, Ladismith, Laingsburg, Malmesbury, Mossel Bay, Oudtshoorn, Paarl, Piketberg, Plettenberg Bay, Prince Albert, Riversdale, Robertson, Saldanha, Stellenbosch, Swellendam, Vredendal, Wolseley, Worcester.

The service consists of a minimum of 10 Mbps and up to 10 Gbps and is underpinned by a corporate grade service level agreement, ensuring that all WCG sites receive a high quality of service.

Leveraging off the broadband capability which has been established, the WCG is also in the process of establishing a managed email and calendaring solution for schools. Within the corporate environment and leveraging off the broadband investment, the WCG has derived significant savings related to telephony through the Broadband voice solution. The WCG is achieving a saving of at least 40 per cent on previous telephony charges at identified sites.

The Broadband Voice solution has been rolled out to 75 sites already – amongst them Groote Schuur, Red Cross, Tygerberg, Karl Bremer, George Hospital and the WCED Head Office, and to date we have achieved savings of R18,8m for the WCG since December 2014.

Further leveraging off the investment made in broadband infrastructure, the WCG will be offering municipalities Broadband services.

The 29 central or main sites in each District and Local municipality will be connected to the Province’s broadband infrastructure.

Municipalities will receive:  

• A Broadband access link to each of the identified sites;
• Access to a Municipal VPN;
• Corporate grade Internet with a 1:1 contention ratio.

The broadband infrastructure will make it possible to deliver free public Wi-Fi services to potentially all WCG sites. The Broadband Integrated Model is en-route for approval.

In addition, the Eastern Cape Government has requested to piggy-back on our broadband contract.