Neotel
| Formerly | SNO Telecommunications |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private company |
| Neotel | |
| Industry | Communications Services |
| Founded | 31 August 2006 |
| Defunct | June 2016 |
| Fate | Acquired by Liquid Intelligent Technologies |
| Successor | Liquid Intelligent Technologies |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | South Africa |
| Products | Telecommunications Wireless and Wireline Broadband Services Managed Services |
| Website | neotel.co.za at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-03-15) |
Neotel, formerly SNO Telecommunications, was the second national operator (SNO) for fixed line telecommunication services in South Africa. It was unveiled on 31 August 2006 in Kyalami in Midrand. Neotel is South Africa's first direct telecommunications competitor to the current telecommunications parastatal, Telkom.
The new company announced its business services on 15 November 2007 and its consumer services in May 2008. Its business services include local and international leased line services, as well as a suite of voice, data (VPN), and Internet offerings delivered over its converged, next-generation network. International Transit services for wholesale customers have been available since September 2006. They plan to use wireless broadband technologies, amongst others, which not only allows data transfers but also voice in the form of VOIP.
The arrival of a competitor was said to bring competitive pricing in terms of high speed internet (avg. 250 kbit/s to 750 kbit/s CDMA2000), broadband through WiMax, and later high speed broadband (xDSL and Fibre).
In 2017, Neotel was acquired by Liquid Intelligent Technologies.