24 Nov 2019

 The battle for the small but lucrative mobile business market is set to intensify after Mascom launched My Surf Turbo 4.5G WTTX services.

Speaking at the launch on November 21, Mascom’s fixed services sales head, Mr Niall Downey said the new data solution, My Surf Turbo, was flexible, mobile and most importantly relatively fast.

Mr Downey said Mascom’s job was to ensure they adapted to their customers’ needs as well as supply the small and medium businesses in Botswana.

“Customers always want better pricing, faster speeds for their data and the roll-out of new technology that is being used effectively in other markets. Technology feeds itself, it makes more technology possible and with our new 4.5G WTTX services it provides the highway for these faster speeds. Mascom is now the first in the country to launch these WTTX services in Botswana,” he boasted.

He explained that the WTTX service was quick deployment, adding ‘it is plug and play and it provides faster speeds than 4G LTE and this service is the first building block for the Mascom 5G evolution. WTTX is Mascom paving a way to be 5G ready.’

Also, he said such technology provided a strong platform for customers to have multiple users watch streaming services such as Netflix.

“It can provide a platform to improve learning so students can research from the comfort of their homes. It will provide the e-commerce platform to help the youth generate more revenue, offer a platform for young entrepreneurs to sell their unique products and services. A platform for gaming and helping the virtual world get a step closer,” he said. BOPA