Leo Pty. Ltd,
a registered company in Lesotho, is an entrenched, traditional
full-service ISP, offering wireless, fibre and dedicated internet
access. Also, web-site, mail and nameserver hosting.
Leo
provides services to a long-established base of customers. Customers
include amongst others, home / residential users, small business, large
multinational textilefactories, NGO’s, foreign owned diamond mines,
insurance companies, various government ministries and
the Royal Palace.
The
company currently hosts more than 100 web sites and provides mail
service to more than 180 domains and to many thousands of users.
Additionally, Leo is registrar for names in the CO.LS and ORG.LS zones,
in which several thousand names are registered.
Leo has
provided uninterrupted service since 1994 and continues to do so to
this day. This before the arrival of any other service provider,
including incumbent fixed line operator. A wealth of experience results
in the accumulation of much specialised knowledge concerning local
operating conditions.
The company has licenced frequencies
in the 5 Ghz band and has built an extensive wireless distribution
network covering the Maseru CBD, the residential suburbs and a little
further, as far as the Moshoeshoe I International Airport.
Recent
months have seen the installation of several kilometres of fibre-optic
cable reaching to the international gateway at the Lesotho border and
the Local IXP amongst other destinations.
In particular, Leo
looks to provide an end-to-end, one-stop service, in which the company
is able to provide for the customer’s complete requirement. Typically,
this might include; the supply of notebooks, workstations, gateways and
servers; the design construction and commissioning of network
infrastructure; domain name registration, mail service, internet
connectivity and VOIP service.
Leo is able to provide a
full-service maintenance plan, including same-day service and off-site
back up amongst many other aspects of a widely configurable offering.
Leo is engaged in a” remote hand and eyes” contract for the maintenance of a microwave distribution network.
Leo proffers a wide range of PC hardware as well as; peripherals, consumables, service and repair.
The company provides wireless hot-spots to many of the centrally situated hotels.
Leo
offers telephone support during business hours and has on-call
technicians to deal with service issues. A web-based self-help
infrastructure support system is in the process of development. High
quality support remains one of the company’s primary goals.
The
company operates a facility for server co-location, and for data
warehousing. Ultimately, with a goal to increase both the quality and
quantity of local on-line content.