Kentrox Opens Operations in South Africa and Appoints Managing Director

Providing complete site monitoring, management, and control solutions 

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COLUMBUS, OHIO and JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – May 23, 2011 – Kentrox, Inc., an innovator of site monitoring, management, and control solutions, has expanded its presence in Africa and recently opened an office in Johannesburg, South Africa. With more than 12 years providing solutions to African service providers, Kentrox South Africa Pty Ltd is a fully staffed entity providing products, services, project management, and training to service providers nationwide.

The African telecommunications market has been growing rapidly over the last several years and is continuing its growth. With mobile phones representing more than 90% of phone lines in Africa and market penetration that was expected to pass 50% in 2010¹, Kentrox is involved in providing solutions to help these expanding networks, especially with many of them in remote or hard-to-reach locations.

Kentrox products consist of the Optima management system and Remote suite of products. They are designed to help automate site management while dramatically reducing operating expenses and improving network quality. Service providers can proactively monitor and manage all critical site elements remotely. Fuel and hybrid power management are two critical applications throughout Africa that Kentrox is helping manage, and other applications include security systems, environmental equipment and conditions, radios, backhaul circuits, and more, regardless of technology or manufacturer are increasingly important. Additionally, the Kentrox solutions help minimize carbon emissions by reducing truck rolls through the use of remote access.

In addition to Optima and the Remote suite of products for monitoring and management of remote sites, Kentrox also offers deployment and professional services, training, and technical support based on the customer’s requirements.

Kentrox South Africa is committed to the objectives of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE), an adopted initiative of the South African Government aimed at promoting economic transformation in order to enable meaningful participation of black people in the economy. Kentrox qualifies for Level 4 contribution status through the creation of our South African entity and will ensure it maintains this level or better in the future.

With the opening of the Johannesburg, South Africa office, Kentrox has also appointed Richard Hayter as Managing Director. Mr. Hayter, originally from Zimbabwe, has extensive international expertise creating and selling products for the global telecommunications market. For the last four years, he worked at Performance Technologies (PTIX) in global market development to grow and manage wireless accounts in Africa. Prior to this, he worked for nearly 10 years at Tekelec (TKLC) in various roles in product management, business systems, and market development. Mr. Hayter is based in Johannesburg.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome the experience of Mr. Hayter to Kentrox to coincide with the Kentrox direct presence in Africa,” explains John Ryan, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Kentrox. “Establishing our new office in Johannesburg enables us to better help service providers while they are rapidly expanding their networks and to provide assistance in managing their current sites. After many years of working with African service providers from abroad, we look forward to the opportunity and expansion into Africa and more direct involvement with our business partners and customers.”

¹ https://www.budde.com.au/Research/2010-African-Mobile-Voice-Market-and-Major-Network-Operators.html?r=51