Howzit Telecoms — business phone system provider in Cape Town
Howzit Telecoms & Plant Hire works from Table View in Cape Town and combines two businesses that rarely share a letterhead: voice and data solutions, unified communications, cloud-based phone systems, fibre installation and high-speed internet on one side, and plant hire on the other. Named partner brands include MTN, Seacom, Cisco, DFA, Radwin, Ubiquiti and Zoom. Software development and integration completes the technology line.
Key facts
| Who they are | A Cape Town company trading as Howzit Telecoms & Plant Hire, combining a telecoms and technology business with a plant hire operation |
| Voice services | Voice and data solutions, unified communications and cloud-based phone systems. No platform is named, so establish what is proposed before comparing quotes |
| Also offers | Office automation, fibre installation and management, high-speed internet, software development and integration, and plant hire solutions |
| Head office | Published as Table View, Cape Town, Western Cape. No street address is stated |
| Coverage | Not published as a footprint. The company is Cape Town based and the fibre installation line implies field work in the region |
| ICASA licence | No ICASA reference is published and no industry-body membership is claimed |
| Pricing | Quote-based. Nothing is published for telephony, connectivity or plant hire |
| Partner brands | MTN, Seacom, Cisco, DFA, Radwin, Ubiquiti and Zoom are displayed as partner logos. Seacom and DFA are wholesale carriers and Radwin is wireless backhaul equipment, which fits the fibre installation side. No tier is claimed |
| Listed In | Phone System Providers |
The plant hire is a clue, not a curiosity
A telecoms company that also hires out plant looks odd until you read the rest of the offering. Fibre installation and management sit alongside Seacom, DFA and Radwin in the partner list, and those are wholesale carriers and wireless backhaul equipment, not office phone brands. Put together, that describes a business doing physical network build work, which is exactly where excavators and plant come in. So the useful question for a buyer is which half you need. If you want a phone system for an office, ask what platform is proposed and compare against a dedicated voice provider, because the site names none. If you need fibre installed, ducting run or backhaul put up, the combination of carrier relationships and plant is genuinely unusual and worth a call. Compare voice specialists in the phone system directory.
Who Howzit Telecoms is a fit for
- Developments and estates needing fibre physically installed
- Projects requiring both network build and the plant to do it
- Cape Town businesses wanting connectivity and voice from one supplier
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Compare Phone System providers →Commonly asked questions
Why does a telecoms company offer plant hire?
The company also does fibre installation and management, and its partner list includes wholesale carriers and wireless backhaul equipment. Physical network build needs plant, so the two businesses support each other rather than being unrelated.
What phone system does Howzit supply?
The site names voice and data solutions, unified communications and cloud-based phone systems without identifying a platform. Ask what is proposed, how many extensions a quote covers, and what the call rates are.
Where is Howzit based?
The site states Table View, Cape Town, Western Cape, without a street address. Ask where a technician would travel from if you need on-site work.
What do the partner brands indicate?
Seacom and DFA are wholesale carriers, Radwin makes wireless backhaul equipment, and Cisco and Ubiquiti cover networking. That mix points at network build and connectivity work rather than office telephony. No partner tier is claimed.
Why is no customer rating shown?
Howzit has a Google Business Profile but it carries no reviews, so there is nothing to sample. WhichVoIP does not manufacture a rating from an empty profile.
What does it cost?
No pricing is published for any service. Ask for telephony and any installation or build work quoted as separate line items, since they are very different kinds of job.
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.