ICL`s eject Internet access climbs the hills of Lesotho

Issued by Sha-Izwe/CharlesSmithAssoc for CoCre8
Johannesburg, 29 Oct 2002

A French-speaking mission station located in the mountains of Lesotho, with no electricity and no telephone lines, has implemented Eject`s Internet Access Service.

With the use of a generator for power and cellphone for communications, the mission station is now connected to the Web via Eject.

A dedicated cellphone is being used with external antennae, `data pack` installed, hardwired to a modem and desktop PC to dial-in to the Bloemfontein Eject PoP. The equipment set-up and User registration was done via the Eject Call Centre, with the assistance of a French interpreter.

The mission station will use the service for e-mail and Internet access to communicate with colleagues in SA and France.

ICL

ICL South Africa, a subsidiary of Fujitsu Services Plc (Formerly ICL Plc), is one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa. It has an annual turnover of lb2.4 billion (EUR3.9 billion), employs 15 500 people and operates in over 30 countries. It designs, builds and operates IT systems and services for customers in the financial services, telecoms, retail, utilities and government markets. Its core strength is the delivery of IT infrastructure management and outsourcing across desktop, networking and data centre environments, together with a full range of related services, from infrastructure consulting through integration and deployment.

Headquartered in London, Fujitsu Services is the European-centred IT services arm of the Fujitsu Group. The Fujitsu Group is a $38 billion (about EUR43 billion) leader in customer-focused IT systems and services for the global marketplace.

Prior to April 2002 Fujitsu Services operated as ICL. Web site: services.fujitsu.com

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