EFTel expands wholesale division and appoints new head of business

Staff Writers
Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:15

IT Industry - Market

Internet service provider EFTel Limited (ASX: EFT) has expanded its Wholesale Division - to be known as EFTel Wholesale in the wake of its recent acquisition of the Concept Group.

Incoming EFTel CEO John Lane said today the expanded business division would encompass the existing DFT Wholesale business and the Concept Group and would result in an expansion of the services of the company's BroadbandNext network. The division would also offer outsourcing services from its Business Processing Centre located at Cyberjaya, in the heart of Kuala Lumpur Multimedia Super Corridor.

John Lane also announced that, as part of the launch, EFTel had appointed Warwick Pye as the General Manager of EFTel Wholesale.

He said Pye brought more than 25 years of Australian and international experience in the telecommunications industry to EFTel from previous roles in national and international telecommunications companies, including as managing director of Telstra Greater China, managing director of Telstra Singapore, director of sales at Soul Telecom and general manager of sales at PIPE Networks.

According to Pye, “EFTel has a natural advantage in wholesale as a result of its BroadbandNext network ownership. It delivers lower costs per port as well as superior products - ADSL2+, GigE backhaul and richer control for retail ISPs over wholesale ports.”

He claimed that EFTel was in a position to “offer compelling value propositions to retail ISPs, including the fastest DSL services and low-cost outsourced support services. These propositions are particularly compelling in the present economic climate."