Neotel, South Africa’s first converged communications network operator, has been awarded Cisco Gold Certified Partner status in South Africa.
This award follows Neotel meeting rigorous standards set out by Cisco to demonstrate that it is qualified to sell, install, and support Cisco solutions in South Africa.

According to Cisco, Neotel also displayed broad technological expertise across multiple technologies by achieving advanced specialisations in data centre, routing and switching, service provider and wireless LAN technologies.

Neotel’s exceptional technological expertise also aligned with the company’s ability to demonstrate high levels of customer satisfaction and support.

As a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, Neotel will benefit from the highest level of certification-specific rewards and recognitions. The company will also receive technical support, productivity tools, online training, marketing resources and sales promotions.

Sunil Joshi, CEO and MD of Neotel, noted that “this achievement is testament to the hard work from the entire Neotel team, as the company was required to meet the stringent standards of Cisco.” This further affirms Neotel’s reputation as a leading converged communications company in South Africa”.

“Neotel has no doubt demonstrated its capabilities to support Cisco solutions in South Africa. We thank Cisco for the support and look forward to a fruitful relationship that all of our customers will benefit from,” said Joshi.

“This achievement will undoubtedly spur us in achieving our vision of delivering unrivalled, smart, innovative, customised communication solutions to guarantee even more business growth and success both for ourselves and our customers,” concludes Joshi.