AFL has appointed Comtest as its sole distributor in South Africa and selected countries in southern Africa, for its test and inspection products.
AFL manufactures, engineers and installs the fibre-optic products and equipment that communications providers need to provide quad-play solutions to their customers.
Comtest product specialist Gary Casper (left) who will spearhead sales and marketing for the new AFL agency, shakes hands with Nick Cole, AFLs regional sales manager (SA).
Nick Cole, the regional sales manager for AFL’s test and inspection division, responsible for South Africa, believes that AFL’s ISO certification and quality practices ensure excellent products and documentation. “Our products are designed to provide accurate results every time,” he says. “They are engineered to endure outside plant environments and feature intuitive user interfaces that provide quick results without complicated training requirements. We believe that Comtest has the right mix of people with technical and industry knowledge to make any customer feel comfortable with his/her choice of AFL product and ensure that they receive the solution that fits their every need.”
Gary Casper, the Comtest product specialist who will spearhead the sales and marketing for the new agency, is no newcomer to the telecommunications market or the products which he will now be selling. He has successfully been involved with this industry since Comtest’s inception, overseeing major projects such as the delivery, installation and handover of the fibre-optic test system for Broadband Infraco some years ago.
“I am delighted to represent AFL in South Africa,” Casper proclaims. “We’re going to the market with an excellent range of world class products which will be supported by a high level of service from people with specialist knowledge and expertise.”
Products in AFL’s test and inspection portfolio include OTDRs (optical time domain reflectometers), WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) test sets, loss test kits, fibre identifiers and fault locators, and inspection and cleaning kits.
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