About Us

FastNet was started more than 17 years ago with a mandate to provide reliable wireless communication to merchants throughout South Africa. Today FastNet still considers this a key driver but have expanded the original mandate to include most types of business communication. With Regional Offices representation in Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth, FastNet’ is in a position to deliver superior service across South Africa. .

From reliable fixed and wireless data connectivity to value-added solutions, FastNet deliver:

• Transactional connectivity services – Point-of-Sale (POS)
• Managed SIM services
• Secure virtual networks – wired, wireless or a combination of both

Wireless Point-of-Sale (POS) service for credit/debit card terminal connectivity was a first in South Africa which FastNet pioneered. Subsequent to the Radio Pad service FastNet also launched a GPRS solution with dual SIM capability to ensure redundancy. More recently FastNet introduced ProPOS, the evolution of transactional connectivity services. ProPOS delivers increased levels of reliability and scalability to allow customers to upgrade as requirements change. .

FastNet also provides backup to existing communication links to keep you open for business and provide businesses of all sizes the efficiency of reliable broadband connection speeds and the security of a POS fixed line environment through the FastNet Virtual Private Network (VPN) Service. The FastNet VPN offer all clients a secure and reliable data transfer environment which the Internet cannot provide. It can be used as a primary connectivity service or even secondary which will serve as an ideal backup communication service for your network. The FastNet router is a Quad Band device with support for all current GSM Data Technologies (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS and HSPA) and will automatically switch between these technologies based on signal strength.

FastNet is committed to offering customers a time-to-market advantage in the Speed of deployment of services, with maximum Choice, while not compromising on the Convenience of doing business with FastNet. FastNet is constantly re-evaluating the customer consumption chain of FastNet services from ordering to billing to realise the company goal of delighting customers through Speed, Choice and Convenience. .