POYNTING — antenna manufacturer for wireless and IoT connectivity in South Africa
POYNTING Antennas designs and develops its antennas in-house and has grown from a Johannesburg engineering consultancy into a group with entities in Germany, the United States and the Netherlands. The South African operation runs from Samrand Business Park in Centurion. Products are grouped by environment rather than by frequency, covering rural and urban connectivity, farming, marine, mining and tunnels, transport, and IoT and smart metering.
Key facts
| Who they are | POYNTING Antennas (Pty) Ltd, an antenna designer and manufacturer that develops all of its antennas in-house. The site records POYNTING Innovations as established in 1996 and the commercial and defence antenna business as established in 2001 |
| Product range | Antennas grouped by environment: urban and rural, farming and agricultural, marine and coastal, transport and mobility, IoT, M2M and smart meters, mining and tunnel, and commercial and industrial. Named models include the PUCK-2-V2, PUCK-14, OMNI-707, OMNI-706, OMNI-300, XPOL-2-5G and WaveHunter |
| Intellectual property | The company states 12 registered patent families made up of 26 registered patents, plus 41 registered designs |
| Group history | POYNTING Holdings listed on the JSE AltX in 2008 and the commercial division separated from the listed company in 2014. POYNTING Europe GmbH was established in Munich in 2015, a United States entity in Mansfield, Texas in 2021, and a Netherlands entity in Nijmegen in 2025 |
| South African office | Unit 4 and 7, N1 Industrial Park, 79 Landmarks Avenue, Samrand Business Park, Centurion, 0157, Gauteng. This comes from the company Google Business Profile and matches the South African number published on the site — the website itself publishes no street address |
| Certifications | ISO 9001, certified by DEKRA Certification GmbH. Product-level ratings published across the range include IK10, IP68 and eMark |
| ICASA licence | Not applicable in the ECS or ECNS sense. POYNTING manufactures hardware rather than operating a network or selling a telecoms service. Antennas sold in South Africa fall under ICASA type approval per model, which sits with the manufacturer |
| Pricing | Quote-based throughout. The site runs quotation request forms rather than a price list |
| Listed In | Phone System Providers · Wireless Internet Providers |
An engineering company that happens to sell antennas
POYNTING is unusual among South African telecoms names because the intellectual property is genuinely its own. Twelve registered patent families and forty-one registered designs is not a marketing line, it is a published number, and it explains why the catalogue is organised by where an antenna will live rather than by what band it covers. A mining and tunnel antenna solves a different physical problem from a marine one, and the company builds for the problem. The trajectory is worth reading too: a Johannesburg consultancy founded in 1996, an antenna business from 2001, a JSE AltX listing in 2008, then entities in Munich, Texas and Nijmegen. Products are quoted rather than priced, which is standard for this class of hardware and means the specification conversation comes before the number. If you are chasing a fixed-wireless connection rather than the antenna on the end of it, this is the wrong listing and the comparison below is the right next step.
Who POYNTING is a fit for
- Integrators and network operators specifying antennas for rural, mining or marine deployments
- IoT and smart-metering projects that need a purpose-designed antenna rather than a generic one
- Buyers who want in-house-designed hardware with published patent and ISO credentials behind it
How Poynting sits in the VoIP phones category
- 28 verified cloud PBX and business phone system providers on WhichVoIP; 12 carry a Google rating.
- Google 4.2 from 17 reviews — rank 9 of 12 of rated providers in the category (8 rate higher).
- Category median is 36 reviews, so this is a smaller sample than most.
Computed from the WhichVoIP provider register; refreshes as ratings and reviews change.
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When was POYNTING founded?
The site records two dates: POYNTING Innovations, the EM and RF consultancy, as established in 1996, and POYNTING Antennas, covering the commercial and defence divisions, as established in 2001.
Does POYNTING design its own antennas?
Yes. The company states that all antennas are designed and developed in-house, and publishes 12 registered patent families comprising 26 registered patents alongside 41 registered designs.
Where is POYNTING based in South Africa?
At Unit 4 and 7, N1 Industrial Park, 79 Landmarks Avenue, Samrand Business Park in Centurion. That address comes from the company Google Business Profile and matches the South African phone number on the site.
Is POYNTING still a South African company?
The group now has entities in Germany from 2015, the United States from 2021 and the Netherlands from 2025, with the South African operation continuing in Centurion. POYNTING Holdings listed on the JSE AltX in 2008 and the commercial division separated from the listed company in 2014.
What do POYNTING antennas cost?
Poynting does not publish a rate card. The site runs quotation request forms, so pricing follows the specification. Compare published prices or get up to 3 quotes.
What certifications does POYNTING hold?
ISO 9001 certified by DEKRA Certification GmbH at company level, with product ratings including IK10, IP68 and eMark across the range.
This listing is maintained by WhichVoIP, an independent South African telecoms comparison service running since 2019. Details are verified against the provider’s public website and were last reviewed on 29 July 2026.