{"id":13696,"date":"2014-10-09T17:53:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T15:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/?p=13696"},"modified":"2020-10-06T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T10:33:02","slug":"telecomx-chooses-owncloud-connect-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/blogs\/telecomx-chooses-owncloud-connect-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"TelecomX Chooses ownCloud to \u201cConnect Africa\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Signs unlimited service provider license to help African broadband users sync files across devices and share files with friends, family and associates<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Owncloud-logo-1-500x248\"<\/a>Lexington, MA \u2013 October 9, 2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0ownCloud, Inc.<\/a>, the company behind the world\u2019s most popular\u00a0open source file sync and share software<\/a>, announced today that South Africa-based\u00a0TelecomX<\/a>\u00a0will use ownCloud\u2019s secure, private on-premises alternative for file sync and share to provide African customers with the very latest storage as a service offering.<\/p>\n

TelecomX provides services which they either develop in house or source from best of breed providers like ownCloud to telecommunications providers and their customers. TelecomX will offer ownCloud Enterprise Edition as a key component of their Cloud-based storage offering to consumers, small and medium businesses, and enterprise customers.<\/p>\n

TelecomX has been using the Community Edition of ownCloud to test the application for more than a year and will now proceed to commercial launch with the ownCloud Enterprise Edition.<\/p>\n

With more than 1.6 million users worldwide, ownCloud offers ease-of-use, flexibility, sophistication, privacy and security unmatched by consumer-grade apps. ownCloud installs easily on a web server, enabling users to host their own file sync and share, using their own storage (or the\u00a0cloud storage<\/a>\u00a0they choose), instead of relying on third parties outside of their control.<\/p>\n

\u201cMobile devices are such an important part of life for the African consumer, and only ownCloud offered us an open, secure and private way for our customers to share files and sync files across devices,\u201d said Gordon Edwards TelecomX CEO. \u201cownCloud\u2019s Community Edition gave us a great testing ground to see just how powerful ownCloud is, but with the Enterprise Edition we can offer customers the most robust and cutting edge user interface for Cloud applications \u2014 especially storage. \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTelecomX is doing great things in Africa \u2013 really working to connect the Continent,\u201d said Holger Dyroff, co-founder and vice president of Strategic Partners, ownCloud. \u201cownCloud gives TelecomX customers a safe, secure and easy way to manage their personal and business critical data.\u201d<\/p>\n

About ownCloud Inc.<\/strong>
\nBased on the popular ownCloud open source file sync and share community project, ownCloud Inc. was founded in 2011 to give corporate IT greater control of their data and files \u2014 combining greater flexibility, openness and extensibility with on premise servers and\u00a0file storage<\/a>. Company headquarters are in Lexington, MA, with European headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany. For more information, visit:\u00a0https:\/\/owncloud.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About TelecomX Limited.<\/strong>
\nTelecomX is a leading edge digital services company that creates or sources best of breed applications and services focused on the Telco market. It was established in 2012 in South Africa where it is headquartered and has strong relationships with operators and solutions providers focused on the African market. For more information, visit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.telecomx.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n