Industry Partners
The COE is funded by Africa's leading and most dynamic telecommunications company, Telkom SA and the Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) which supports and funds university-industry collaborations.
The Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP) is a partnership programme which challenges companies to match government funding for innovative research and development in South Africa. Companies which have taken up the challenge in collaboration with the NMMU Telkom Centre of Excellence are:
Dimension Data is a specialist IT services and solution provider that helps clients plan, build and support their IT infrastructures.
Hezeki Contracting is one of the Top Twenty SMME companies providing telecommunications services to Telkom SA. To date the company has been active in Telecommunications Network Construction (Radio Access Network Build and Transmission Construction), Satelite Backbone, Outside Plant Construction (long distance cabling projects), Fibre Cable Projects for the Telecoms and Power Utilies, the installation of GSM systems and LAN/WAN networks.
TFMC is a professionally run organisation that manages and delivers fully integrated Property and Facilities Management Solutions. Their biggest client is Telkom SA, where comprehensive facilities management services are provided for 6 500 properties, 14 000 masts and all ancillary telecommunication infrastructure, totaling in excess of 3 million square meters.
MCT is a South African based company specialising in Audio & Video Conferencing, Networking products & Copper/Fiber Cable Monitoring Systems
Ingoma Communications Services is Southern Africa’s leading supplier of digital transmission
analysers, optical fibre test equipment, associated tools and accessories.
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