Telkom's alliance with British Telecom is a strategic move to bring the most, advanced comprehensive and fully managed global network to our customers.

What the BT Frame Relay Service Entails
BT Frame Relay Services (CFRS) is a globally managed point to point data network service, designed to deliver convenient and cost effective means of providing value for money, high-speed LAN interconnection and remote LAN access. BT Frame Relay Service provides remote LAN interconnection to meet the application performance needs of our customers. The service is a high-performance data communicator that connects geographically separated LANs using a Bridge/Router, to the BT Frame Relay Service at speeds from 64Kbps to 2Mbps.

BT's Frame Relay Service can be very cost-effective for customers with multiple LANs across the globe.

The BT global Network is managed twenty-four hours per day and three hundred and sixty five days per year.

Features and Benefits

Features	Benefits
Single-source supplier and one-stop-shop	Eliminates need for customer interaction with multiple telephone and communications agents Saves time and money
High quality and Resilient Frame relay network	Performance High throughput Excellent Reliability Secure
Choice between bundled or unbundled service	Provides customers with the flexibility to select a bridge/router of their choice from Telkom or to invest on their own
Flexibilty-Software-based solution	Allows configuration changes, maintenance and management to be quickly and on a remote basis Allows customer to change infrastructure as traffic needs change
Standards-based connectivity	Provides customers with an open systems migration path and compatibility with equipment world wide
Total managed solution	Allows customers to maintain focus on their business need rather than spending time and effort on networking issues

Why choose the the BT / Telkom frame relay service?
High performance connectivity that's flexible, scaleable and reliable built to deliver performance for your network.

With our high-speed ATM core network, you'll benefit from the highest possible levels of performance, minimal disruption in the event of trunk outages and the ability to increase capacity quickly. You'll also save money on transmission, switching and network management support with predictable performance, courtesy of our Committed Information Rate (CIR).

Made For You
How do we do it? BT FRS delivers superior reliability through a fully redundant digital backbone and network congestion management. It features a meshed architecture and addresses all aspects of today's global requirements. Alternative routing is completely automatic and transparent. Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) with Committed Information Rates (CIR) provide assurance of network performance, while ability to burst above CIR adds flexibility to handle increases in traffic volume efficiently. And, as your network grows, you can seamlessly move locations to an ATM service with negligible disruption to your critical applications.

Where You Work
We offer extremely wide geographic coverage and deliver uniform service in more than 58 countries with extensive domestic coverage in select countries. That means no matter where you use the service, you receive the same high performance levels. A network of 46 GPOPs and 25 VSAT connections provides extensive inter-country and intra-country coverage. This global reach and access provides you lower cost, consistent service and value for your mission critical application requirements.

Guaranteed Performance
You'll benefit from end-to-end service management that frees you to focus on your business. We'll take care of installation, fault management and maintenance of the entire network. We proactively monitor the core network; and you can request proactive monitoring on the access lines and CPE as part of the value add service option. Web-based network performance reports, Service Level Agreements with improved service availability and new network performance guarantees add to your confidence. The service also offers a fully managed CPE solution , Standardized access speeds , Quality of service measures , Global reach and good customer service

Pricing
The BT Frame Relay service comprises the following elements:

Network Access - installation and rental
Port charge - installation and rental
CIR charge - flat rate, depending on speed chosen
(Monthly international committed information rate charge)

• The above costs are applicable on the South African as well as the Overseas end
• The CIR cost is a flat rate which differs depending on speed