Spescom Limited

Spescom Limited is an information and communications technology (ICT) Group listed on the (JSE: SPS). Founded in 1977, it provides specialised business communication solutions for a broad client base that includes telecoms providers (carriers and cellular network operators), broadcasters, contact centres, government and enterprises in various industry sectors.

Its offerings for these various industry sectors include solution design; supply and commissioning of infrastructure and applications; the development and delivery of integrated solutions; and the supply of hosted and managed services.

Three operating divisions have been established to serve these sectors:

Two further divisions are:

The expertise in each division is cross-leveraged to develop solutions for clients – e.g., telecoms expertise (connectivity and throughput) is now required by broadcasters who must gear for the delivery of IPTV.

Spescom has a presence in South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the Middle East. It has a staff complement of 258, with offices in South Africa (Midrand, Cape Town and Durban), East Africa (Kampala, Uganda) and the UK (London).

Spescom was founded in September 1977 by Tony Farah with ZAR 4,000 capital. The company's initial focus was on test instrumentation and it brought the world's first digital oscilloscope to South Africa in the same year.

In 1983, Spescom International Incorporated was established in Irvine, California by Gary Smith, a senior founding member of Spescom. The objectives of this international arm of the company were to maintain technical links with the company's suppliers as well as to provide international marketing for products developed by Spescom. The company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on 4 June 1987. In September 1990 the company developed and introduced the world's first keypad prepayment electricity meter, Cashpower 2000, to South Africa. The device was licensed by meter manufacturers worldwide. In 1993, Spescom won its first major international tender for prepayment meters in Brazil. These meters are now sold in over thirty-five countries worldwide.

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