Network Platforms — wholesale connectivity and IP transit provider in South Africa
Network Platforms has run its own network since 2003, selling to the companies that sell to you. It provides IP transit, national long distance between Teraco datacentres, colocation, virtual servers and cloud voice to internet service providers, wireless operators and managed service providers, and it states plainly that it does not resell anyone else’s infrastructure.
Key facts
| Who they are | A South African wholesale connectivity company founded in 2003, supplying backend network services to managed service providers, internet service providers and wireless internet service providers. It states it built its own enterprise infrastructure and does not resell other ISPs’ networks |
| Who they sell to | Other companies, not end users. The reseller product is described as being offered exclusively through IT companies and managed service providers. If you are a business looking for an office internet line, you would normally buy from one of its partners rather than from Network Platforms directly — ask your IT provider whose network sits underneath their service |
| IP transit | A purpose-built IP transit service aimed at South African ISPs and WISPs, with routing optimised to South America, the United States, Europe, the Far East and Australasia |
| National long distance | Capacity between Teraco datacentres using three independent providers on the Teraco CT1 to JB1 and DB1 to JB1 routes. Buyers can take a protected service across all three paths or a single unprotected path at preferential rates. Three paths is more than the two most competitors offer |
| Colocation and cloud | Colocation across five datacentres in Johannesburg, Centurion, Cape Town, Durban and London, plus enterprise virtual servers and virtual datacentre environments |
| Voice | Cloud-hosted voice solutions and wholesale voice rates, sold on the same wholesale basis as the connectivity |
| Technical services | Outsourced support for core switching and routing on Cisco and MikroTik equipment, including BGP and OSPF, with proactive monitoring and maintenance. Useful to a small ISP that cannot justify a full-time network engineer |
| Head office | The Campus, Twickenham Building, Ground Floor, corner Main and Sloane Street, Bryanston, 2021, Johannesburg. Further offices at 240 Main Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7701, and Izulu Office Park, Unit A202, Rey’s Place, Ballito 4399 |
| Pricing | Quote-based and volume-dependent, as is normal for wholesale capacity. No rate card is published |
| ICASA licence | No ICASA reference is published on the site, though the company publishes the ISPA code of conduct alongside its own service charter and acceptable use policy |
| Customer rating | No rating is shown. No Google Business Profile could be found under the Network Platforms name, which is unsurprising for a wholesale business with no retail customers |
| Listed In | Fibre Internet Providers |
The layer beneath your internet provider
Most companies in this directory want your business. Network Platforms wants your IT provider’s business, and being clear about that distinction saves everyone a phone call. It operates at the wholesale layer: IP transit into global routes, long-distance capacity between Teraco datacentres, colocation, virtual servers and cloud voice, all sold to the ISPs, wireless operators and MSPs who package it for end customers. The reseller product is stated as available exclusively through IT companies and managed service providers, so a direct enquiry from a single office is unlikely to be the right fit. Two details stand out for anyone in that trade. Running three independent providers on each Teraco route rather than the usual two changes the resilience arithmetic, and the option to buy protected capacity across all three or unprotected on one path lets a small operator match spend to risk. The outsourced Cisco and MikroTik support fills the other common gap, giving a growing ISP access to BGP and OSPF skills without hiring for them. If you are an end business, the useful question is a different one: ask your current provider whose transit they ride on and how many independent paths sit behind it. Compare retail options in the fibre directory.
Who Network Platforms is a fit for
- Internet and wireless service providers needing IP transit and national long-distance capacity
- Managed service providers wanting to white-label connectivity under their own brand
- Small operators needing outsourced Cisco and MikroTik network engineering
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Does Network Platforms sell internet to businesses directly?
Its reseller product is described as available exclusively through IT companies and managed service providers, so an end business would normally buy from one of its partners rather than direct.
When was Network Platforms founded?
In 2003. The company states it built its own enterprise-level infrastructure and does not resell other ISPs’ networks.
What is IP transit?
Wholesale access to the global internet that an ISP buys to reach destinations outside its own network. Network Platforms describes routing optimised to South America, the United States, Europe, the Far East and Australasia.
What makes the national long distance service different?
It runs three independent providers on each of the Teraco CT1 to JB1 and DB1 to JB1 routes, where most competitors offer two. You can buy protected capacity across all three paths or a single unprotected path at a lower rate.
Where is Network Platforms based?
Head office is The Campus, Twickenham Building, corner Main and Sloane Street, Bryanston, Johannesburg, with further offices in Rondebosch, Cape Town and Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal.
Does Network Platforms provide voice services?
Yes, cloud-hosted voice and wholesale voice rates, sold on the same wholesale basis as its connectivity rather than as a retail phone system.
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 31 July 2026.