Alcatel-Lucent has announced that Datanet Infrastructure Group, a leading South African telecommunications provider and systems integrator, has been selected as a Strategic Business Partner in South Africa. Datanet Infrastructure Group will now be a distributor of Alcatel-Lucent’s enterprise communications solutions to small and medium sized businesses in the South African market.
This agreement between Alcatel-Lucent and Datanet Infrastructure Group is intended to expand opportunities for both companies in South Africa and enable them to better meet the communications needs of the fast-growing South African enterprise market. There are an estimated two million small, medium and micro-enterprises in South Africa.
Alcatel-Lucent and Datanet Infrastructure Group have developed a combined strategy to differentiate themselves in the South African market.
Johannesburg-based DataNet Infrastructure Group (Pty), Ltd. was founded in 2003. The company provides structured cabling solutions and engages in the design, manufacture, and assembly of electronic enclosures for the international computers and tabulators market.
“This agreement demonstrates Alcatel-Lucent’s ongoing commitment to better serve enterprise businesses in Africa. Such strong partnership provides great opportunity for more market penetration for both our organisations,” said Alain Penel, Vice-President Sales and support for Alcatel-Lucent enterprise activities in Middle East and Africa. “Alcatel-Lucent’s broad portfolio of enterprise solutions combined with Datanet Infrastructure Groups experience and capabilities in integration, implementation and maintenance of voice and data networks will create a distinctive offering in the South African marketplace. Alcatel-Lucent recognises the critical importance of strong and vibrant partner programmes since we consider them as a crucial and integral component of our overall go-to-market approach.”
By Angela Meadon
