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Open Data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone – subject only, at the most, to the requirement for attributes and sharealikes (Open Software Service Definition – OSSD). As a consequence, Open Data should create value and might have a positive impact in many different areas such as government (tax money expenditure), health (medical research, hospital acceptance by pathology), quality of life (air breathed in our city, pollution) or might influence public decisions like investments, public economy and expenditure. We are talking about services, so open data are services needed to connect the community with the public bodies. However, the required open data should be part of a design and then integrated, mapped, updated and published in a form, which is easy to use. MaaS is the Open Data driver and enables Open Data portability into the Cloud.
Data models used as a service mainly provide the following topics:
- Implementing and sharing data structure models;
- Verifying data model properties according to private and public cloud requirements;
- Designing and testing new query types. Specific query classes need to support heterogeneous data;
- Designing of the data storage model. The model should enable query processing directly against databases to ensure privacy and secure changes from data updates and review;
- Modeling data to predict usage "early";
- Portability, a central property when data is shared among fields of application;
- Sharing, redistribution and participation of data among datasets and applications.
As a consequence, the data should be available as a whole and at a reasonable fee, preferably by finding, navigating and downloading over the Cloud. It should also be available in a usable and changeable form. This means modeling Open Data and then using the models to map location and usage, configuration, integration and changes along the Open Data lifecycle.
What is MaaS
Data models can be shared, off-line tested and verified to define data designing requirements, data topology, performance, placement and deployment. This means models themselves can be supplied as a service to allow providers to verify how and where data has to be designed to meet the Cloud service's requisites: this is MaaS. As a consequence by using MaaS, Open Data designers can verify "on-premise" how and why datasets meet Open Data requirements. With this approach, Open Data models can be tuned on real usage and then mapped "on-premise" to the public body's service. Further, MaaS inherits all the defined service's properties and so the data model can be reused, shared and classified for new Open Data design and publication.
Open Data implementation is MaaS (Model as a Service) driven
Open Data is completely supported by data modeling and then MaaS completely supports Open Data. MaaS should be the first practice, helping to tune analysis and Open Data design. Furthermore, data models govern design, deployment, storage, changes, resources allocation, hence MaaS supports:
- Applying Best Practice for Open Data design;
- Classifying Open Data field of application;
- Designing Open Data taxonomy and integration;
- Guiding Open Data implementation;
- Documenting data maturity and evolution by applying DaaS lifecycle.
Accordingly, Maas provides "on-premise" properties supporting Open Data design and publication:
- Analysis – What data are you planning to make open? When working with MaaS, a data model is used to perform data analysis. This means the Open Data designer might return to this step to correct, update and improve the incoming analysis: he always works on an "on-premise" data model. Analysis performed by model helps in identifying data integration and interoperability. The latter assists in choosing what data has to be published and in defining open datasets;
- Design – During the analysis step, the design is carried out too. The design can be changed and traced along the Open Data lifecycle. Remember that with MaaS the model is a service, and the data opened offers the designed service;
- Data security – Data security becomes the key property to rule data access and navigation. MaaS plays a crucial role in data security: in fact, the models contain all the infrastructure properties and include information to classify accesses, classes of users, perimeters and risk mitigation assets. Models are the central way to enable data protection within the Open Data device;
- Participation - Because the goal is "everyone must be able to use Open Data", participation is comprehensive of people and groups without any discrimination or restriction. Models contain data access rules and accreditations (open licensing).
- Mapping – The MaaS mapping property is important because many people can obtain the data after long navigation and several "bridges" connecting different fields of applications. Looking at this aspect, MaaS helps the Open Data designer to define the best initial "route" between transformation and aggregation linking different areas. Then continually engaging citizens, developers, sector's expert, managers … helps in modifying the model to better update and scale Open Data contents: the easier it is for outsiders to discover data, the faster new and useful Open Data services will be built.
- Ontology – Defining metadata vocabulary for describing ontologies. Starting from standard naming definition, data models provide grouping and reorganizing vocabulary for further metadata re-use, integration, maintenance, mapping and versioning;
- Portability – Models contain all the properties belonging to data in order that MaaS can enable Open Data service's portability to the Cloud. The model is portable by definition and it can be generated to different database and infrastructures;
- Availability – The DaaS lifecycle assures structure validation in terms of MaaS accessibility;
- Reuse and distribution – Open Data can include merging with additional datasets belonging to other fields of application (for example, medical research vs. air pollution). Open Data built by MaaS has this advantage. Merging open datasets means merging models by comparing and synchronizing, old and new versions, if needed;
- Change Management and History – Data models are organized in libraries to preserve Open Data changes and history. Changes are traced and maintained to restore, if necessary, model and/or datasets;
- Redesign – Redesigning Open Data, means redesigning the model it belongs to: the model drives the history of the changes;
- Fast BI – Publishing Open Data is an action strictly related to the BI process. Redesigning and publishing Open Data are two automated steps starting from the design of the data model and from its successive updates.
MaaS is the emerging solution for Open Data implementation. Open Data is public and private accessible data, designed to connect the social community with the public bodies. This data should be made available without restriction although it is placed under security and open licensing. In addition, Open Data is always up-to-date and transformation and aggregation have to be simple and time saving for inesperienced users. To achieve these goals, the Open Data service has to be model driven designed and providing data integration, interoperability, mapping, portability, availability, security, distribution, all properties assured by applying MaaS.
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[2] N. Piscopo - CA ERwin® Data Modeler's Role in the Relational Cloud
[3] N. Piscopo - DaaS Contract templates: main constraints and examples, in press
[4] D. Burbank, S. Hoberman - Data Modeling Made Simple with CA ERwin® Data Modeler r8
[7] N. Piscopo – Best Practices for Moving to the Cloud using Data Models in theDaaS Life Cycle
[8] N. Piscopo – Using CA ERwin® Data Modeler and Microsoft SQL Azure to Move Data to the Cloud within the DaaS Life Cycle
[9] The Open Software Service Definition (OSSD) at opendefinition.org
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|House of Green, Bud Gardens, The Bud
|Former names
|John Labatt Centre
|99 Dundas Street
London, Ontario, Canada
|42°58′57″N 81°15′9″W / 42.98250°N 81.25250°WCoordinates: 42°58′57″N 81°15′9″W / 42.98250°N 81.25250°W
|London Civic Centre Corporation
|Global Spectrum
|9,046 - Hockey
9,000 - End stage concert
3,200 - Theatre mode (smaller concert)
2,800 - Theatre mode (with proscenium)
10,200 - Centre stage concert
|Broke ground
|March 2001
|October 11, 2002
|Construction cost
|$42 million, plus $10 million for land
|Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects (BBB Architects)
|Project manager
|Trinity Planning & Projects Consulting[2]
|Structural engineer
|VanBoxmeer & Stranges[3]
|Services engineer
|The Mitchell Partnership, Inc.[4]
|General contractor
|London Knights (OHL) (2002-Present)
London Lightning (NBL) (2011-present)
Budweiser Gardens is a sports-entertainment centre, in London, Ontario, Canada – the largest such centre in southwestern Ontario. Until 2012, it was known as the John Labatt Centre, usually referred to as the "JLC".
The John Labatt Centre, which opened on October 11, 2002, was named after John Labatt, founder of the Labatt brewery in London. Labatt still has a large brewery in London to the present day, although its head office was moved to Toronto in the early 1990s. The John Labatt Centre's name was changed to Budweiser Gardens in Fall 2012, as approved by London City Council on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 with a vote of 12-3.[6]
The centre was built, in part, to be the new downtown home of London's Ontario Hockey League team, the London Knights, replacing the 40-year-old London Ice House in the south end of the city, near Highway 401. Since 2011, it is home to London's National Basketball League of Canada team, the London Lightning.
Ownership and management[edit]
Budweiser Gardens is leased from the city of London by the London Civic Centre Corporation, an example of a public-private partnership. The Corporation is owned in turn by EllisDon, and Global Spectrum, the Philadelphia-based subsidiary of Comcast, the American cable company. Global Spectrum also manages the Budweiser Gardens, and operates more than 100 other arenas, stadiums and convention centres. Because of this, the Philadelphia Flyers, a corporate cousin of Global Spectrum, customarily have played a preseason game at Budweiser Gardens each year.
Seating and ticketing[edit]
Approximate capacities:
- 9,046 - Hockey
- 9,000 - End stage concert
- 3,200 - Theatre mode (smaller concert)
- 2,800 - Theatre mode (with proscenium)
- 10,200 - Centre stage concert
In addition to the standard end stage configuration for large concerts, the arena can be set up to accommodate touring Broadway shows or smaller concerts in its theatre mode. The theatre mode features a small, intimate atmosphere and a 30-line fly grid to suspend scenery or lighting and sound.
The centre features 38 luxury suites and more than 1,000 club seats.
Budweiser Gardens complies with the Ontarians with Disabilities Act and has 55% more public washrooms than required by the law.
The arena formerly sold tickets through Ticketmaster. On August 1, 2005, the arena switched ticketing systems and now uses an in-house system, provided by New Era Tickets (itself a subsidiary of one of the arena's partners). The arena is consistently listed in industry magazines for its high ticket sales. In late 2005, Pollstar magazine, a concert industry publication, listed Budweiser Gardens as 21st on its list of top arena venues in the world, based on ticket sales for the first nine months of 2005. The three-year-old Budweiser Gardens attracted 189,026 concert-goers in the first nine months of 2005.[citation needed]
History, cost, construction and controversy[edit]
Budweiser Gardens was built at a cost of approximately $42 million by the London, Ontario-based construction company, EllisDon Corp., builders of Toronto's Rogers Centre. The City of London contributed $32-million for arena construction and $10-million to purchase the land, while the London Civic Centre Corporation added $9.5-million to the arena's construction.[7]
The construction of this sports-entertainment centre was decided upon as a part of the city government's overall effort to revitalize the city's downtown. As part of that effort, London city council committed to building the sports-entertainment centre, and agreed to fund much of the cost, which has amounted to significant debt payments causing property taxes to drasitically increase in early years of the arena. Another controversial part of the management deal is while revenue at the sports-entertainment centre has been much higher than forecast, the city's share has been minimal, with much of the balance going to the London Civic Centre Corporation, the public-private partnership that owns the arena. Though many businesses close to the centre report they have benefited as a result of the increased number of people coming downtown, the exact economic benefit - if any - is hard to quantify.
While the sports-entertainment centre has been claimed to be a success to London's economy on supporting and reinvigorating downtown London, there's little denying the financial drain on both the City of London and taxpayers with both drastic increases in property taxes and paying for the sports-entertainment centre. For example, in 2004 City of London property taxes increased 10.4% from the previous year of 3.2% due to the arena's debt payment of $4.5-million. That same year the City of London earned about $75,000 net revenue from the revenue meaning a loss of about $4.425-million was incurred.[8] Between 2001 to 2014, the City of London invested about $48,298,046-million into paying off debt and interest to the arena while receiving about $5,547,104-million in net revenue for a total loss of about $42,750,942-million for the City of London.[9] [10] In a sense, Londoners are paying for the sports-entertainment centre twice. First with property taxes being used to pay down debt and interest then a second time through ticket prices.
|Debt Servicing Cost (Debt and Interest)
|City Share of Net Revenue
|Total City Loss
The City of London and the City of London Arena Trust have a 50-year lease with the City as the landlord and the Trust the tenant. In turn, the London Civic Centre Corporation is in a 50-year participatory occupancy lease with the City of London Arena Trust. The London Civic Centre Corporation maintains the sports-entertainment centre and is on the hook for improvements, but they also have a facility fee on tickets to accumulate money for those improvements and they have a confidential agreement with Global Spectrum to manage the facility. While the City of London may take slight annual profits, which are dashed by the annual debt payments, those don't include further costs such as maintaining parking and Jubilee Square in front of the sports-entertainment centre. From years one to five, the city's share of net profit was 20% and increased to 45% in years six to 10 then 70% for years 11 to 50. The private aspect anticipated profit returns of about 12% with City of London staff estimating the city's return on investment would be between 1 and 2%. Though it sounds financially beneficial to the City of London longterm, especially given the increase in profits after the 11th year, events filling the sports-entertainment centre nearly every other day during the year and City of London revenue averaging about $650,000 annually between 2011 and 2014, the risk far outweighs the rewards. Though sports-entertainment centres have a serviceable life of 40 to 60 years, in recent years that has shrunk to 20 to 30 years before teams or municipalities begin demanding new arenas. However, the most risky aspect for the City of London is the possiblity of an early and zero termination fee being exercised by the London Civic Centre Corporation during the first six months of the 21st fiscal period (year). The existence of that clause and the possibility of others among several of the mostly secret agreements in accordance with the sports-entertainment centre could give the London Civic Centre Corporation leverage in a new agreement. If the London Civic Centre Corporation were to enact the early termination, the City of London would be on the full hook for financial and operational costs as well as capital repairs that will likely be needed as the sports-entertainment centre ages, largely nullifying the need of ever having a private partner.[13]
The Talbot Inn[edit]
Budweiser Gardens million-dollar facade at its northeast corner is a replica of the Talbot Inn using "retumbled" yellow brick (new yellow bricks that have been scuffed up and scarred to appear old).
The Talbot Inn is a 19th-century building that stood on the site for more than 125 years—a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act (facade only via a registered heritage easement).
Originally planning to re-use the old bricks from the Talbot Inn on the northeast facade of Budweiser Gardens, the City of London suddenly had the building demolished on the morning of Sunday, June 3, 2001—without a demolition permit or delisting the Talbot Inn's facade as a designated heritage property.
Instead, the City of London had previously obtained a "heritage alteration permit", permits which are routinely used for minor changes to heritage properties, changes that don't affect the by-law reasons for designation.
According to officials with the Ontario Heritage Foundation (now called the Ontario Heritage Trust), it is the first known time in Ontario's history and possibly Canada's, that a "heritage alteration permit" was misused to outright demolish a designated heritage property.
The rationale cited by civic officials was that the Talbot Inn bricks were not salvageable due to their moisture content after a contractor had power-washed the paint off the bricks. Some of the original bricks, however, were used for the interior walls of the restaurant on Budweiser Gardens second level and the rest were trucked to TRY Recycling in London where they were re-sold.
No charges were ever laid against the City of London under the Ontario Heritage Act for the unusual demolition and the facade of the Talbot Inn remained designated under the Ontario Heritage Act for approximately 17 months after it was demolished.
The "Talbot Tot"[edit]
Prior to the construction of Budweiser Gardens during an archaeological assessment of the property, the skeletal remains of an infant, believed to be from the 1830s or 1840s, were found in the soil at the site. The discovery caused an uproar and delayed construction for a few months and likely contributed to the sudden demolition of the Talbot Inn in 2001. The human remains were dubbed the "Talbot Tot" and subsequently were reinterred at Oakland (pioneer) Cemetery on Oxford Street West in London.
Sporting events[edit]
Within a few years of opening, the London Knights had a spectacular championship season in the 2004-05 season and the centre was well positioned to take maximum advantage of the team's popularity.
Budweiser Gardens hosted the 2005 Memorial Cup, the CHL championship series which the Knights also won after winning the OHL championship. The arena also hosted the 2014 Memorial Cup in which the Edmonton Oil Kings were champions defeating the Guelph Storm by a score of 6-3.
The University of Western Ontario Mustangs hockey team used Budweiser Gardens as their home arena from 2005 until 2007. They have since moved back to Thompson Arena.
In addition to hockey, the arena is used as home play area for the London Lightning professional basketball team.
Budweiser Gardens is host to national-level events, such as the 2005 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts (curling), the 2007 World Synchronized Skating Championships, 2011 Tim Hortons Brier, as well as a wide variety of family entertainment such as Disney on Ice, the Harlem Globetrotters, Monster Jam and Stars on Ice. It also hosted an international jousting tournament two years in a row, and the World Figure Skating Championships in 2013. The facility,The London Knights and the City of London will also host the 2014 MasterCard Memorial Cup. The arena also hosted on September 22, 2014, a NHL preseason game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto won 3-2 in a shootout.
Other events[edit]
The arena has also hosted many other well known artists and Broadway Shows. Budweiser Gardens was launched as a concert venue with Cher's "Living Proof: The Farewell Tour" in 2002. The tour returned for an encore performance in 2005. In 2007, Meat Loaf's "3 Bats Live" DVD from the "Seize The Night" tour was recorded here. Cirque du Soleil chose Budweiser Gardens to stage its first-ever arena show, a rebuilt production of Saltimbanco. Sting performed during his Symphonicities Tour on July 21, 2010, along with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2010, Budweiser Gardens was awarded as the Canadian Venue of the Year [14] at the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards.
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- ^ "Projects". Trinity Planning & Projects Consulting. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "John Labatt Centre". VanBoxmeer & Stranges. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "John Labatt Centre" (PDF). The Mitchell Partnership, Inc. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "John Labatt Centre". EllisDon. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ "Move aside John Labatt". London Community News. June 27, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ McLeod, Phil. "The JLC: Still profitable but not quite so much". The McLeod Report. The McLeod Report. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Belanger, Joe. "Cost of JLC to drive up city's taxes". Canoe. www.lfpress.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Maloney, Pat. "London's take from Budweiser Gardens nears $1M". London Free Press. www.lfpress.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Turner, Mike (Deputy City Treasurer) (March 30, 2011). "Expenditure and Debt Information Update on John Labatt Centre" (PDF). Finance and Administration Committee Meeting on March 30, 2011: 5. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Maloney, Pat. "London's take from Budweiser Gardens nears $1M". London Free Press. www.lfpress.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Turner, Mike (Deputy City Treasurer) (March 30, 2011). "Expenditure and Debt Information Update on John Labatt Centre" (PDF). Finance and Administration Committee Meeting on March 30, 2011: 5. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ Turner, Mike (Deputy City Treasurer) (March 30, 2011). "Expenditure and Debt Information Update on John Labatt Centre" (PDF). Finance and Administration Committee Meeting on March 30, 2011: 5. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "JOHN LABATT CENTRE TOPS BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S 2010 TOP VENUES". LondonTourism.ca. January 10, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2012.


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Leading branding expert Christopher Johnson says, "I'm intrigued by LuxVue's technology, especially as part of Apple. Branding is ultimately about creating business value, and IP is a highly important part of this." Very true, however to outsiders it's hard to determine yet why exactly Apple acquired LuxVue. Johnson asks, "Did Apple make this acquisition for their display tech, or for an upcoming product, or just for long term experimentation?" Of course, there is a possibility that Apple could use the low-power, micro-LED-based display technology in its mobile devices or something entirely new -- such as the highly anticipated but speculative iWatch. If this technology were integrated into Apple's hardware it would deliver better battery life and increased screen brightness. This alone merits the acquisition.
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But who could blame them? Wearable devices are futuristic and intriguing but so far, have been epic market failures. For instance, Samsung's Galaxy watch didn't perform as expected and has been described by critics as "bulky, sluggish and unintuitive." Johnson counters, "Whether this is true or not, most early versions of breakthrough products require rapid refinement." He asks, "Remember the first iPod? Visionary, yes, but also required additional work. This is common for breakthrough products, success delivers rapid evolution to versions two, three and five -- and will be the same for wearable tech. The question is, which product will break through? We already have it for our ears, so will it be for our eyes, wrists -- or for something else? Given how sophisticated we have become, my vote is that it will deliver benefits beyond the current approach to deliver mobile micro-delivery of existing product experiences."
Currently, Google Glass offers the most potential in wearable tech, however people are taking a wait and see approach -- while some are choosing to openly criticize. Only a few units have been sold, and there is well-documented concern that a wearable computer may be used to secretly monitor numerous aspects of public life. For this reason, a bar in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood has banned the device from its premises. There have also been reports of people who have been taunted or attacked for wearing Google Glass. Johnson counters again, "In some cases, it's natural for people to worry about new technology that feels intrusive. We know this from our history of development -- from the Bronze Age to TV to PCs -- there are those few who adopt early, while the majority wait to embrace the new behaviors that new tech enables." Just three decades ago, many people predicted that no one would want to own a personal computer, but now we can't do without them. Johnson says, "Wearable tech will follow a similar learning curve, eventually leading to almost universal use."
So it's logical to say that Apple may be taking their time. The company probably doesn't want to heighten our expectations only to deliver products that consumers resist. Samsung released its wearable gear prematurely and have unfortunately endured the common pressures of market-leading innovation. But, clearly Apple is going to enter the market space in some way, and sometime soon.
There are indications that Apple will take a completely different route with its iWatch. Johnson says, "Reports are that Apple is building a team of senior medical professionals and hardware experts. It would be interesting to consider how Apple may deliver wearable tech that delivers extraordinary benefits. For example, Apple technology can revolutionize how we choose to monitor the health of users, among other things." Fascinating, to say the least.
Most know that Apple has been under pressure to innovate and deliver in 2014. Johnson says, "In true fashion, Apple may extend wearable tech to its natural conclusion -- and Bio Tech could be one way to drive rapid consumer acceptance -- and leapfrog the competition." The last time Apple introduced a new product was in 2010 with the iPad. Experts in the Med Tech arena are predicting that Apple will develop an app-store platform so that start-ups can develop their own mobile medical apps, so this appears likely.
If indeed the company plans to deliver health-tracking technology to the general public, one possibility is that the next Apple innovation is more than just a PC on a wrist. Johnson concludes, "With their latest acquisition, Apple may only want to improve battery life in future smart devices -- or they may be preparing to further revolutionize this revolutionary new tech category. We can hope they will deliver another market changing product which gets it right from day one, changing our lives to the point where we can't imagine how we lived without, just like the iPod did for music." One thing is for certain, ready or not; wearable tech will become increasingly part of our lives.
About Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson is CEO of Whitehorn Group. He is a highly regarded authority on Branding and Business Innovation and on creating global brands, like JetBlue Airways and Infiniti Motors. He attended Carnegie Mellon University where he won the Tholenheimer Award and McCurdy Prize. He can be reached at (212) 537-9129, [email protected] or on Twitter, @Chris4Whitehorn.
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Sununu, a one-term Republican Senator from New Hampshire, is now a columnist for the Boston Globe. In a piece published on Memorial Day, the former politician blasted members of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations for singling out Apple on taxes when the company is following the laws as written.
John Sununu served as Representative and Senator for New Hampshire from 1997 to 2009.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook was called before the subcommittee to explain why Apple has $100 billion in cash overseas. Most of that money is kept through subsidiaries in Ireland, which allows Apple to avoid billions of dollars in repatriation taxes if those funds were to be brought back to the U.S.
The current tax rate for bringing overseas cash back to U.S. shores is 35 percent, one of the highest tax rates of its kind in the world. Cook argued before the subcommittee that a dramatic revision of the U.S. tax code is necessary to address that issue.
"Making the case for his company's decisions, Cook came off far better than the average witness on Capitol Hill," Sununu wrote in his column. "Perhaps it's easier to be blunt when you employ 60,000 workers in the United States, but lines like 'we pay all the taxes we owe every single dollar' set the tone from the start.
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"This will ensure better customer service delivery for all our broadband solutions which include internet and enterprise connectivity VPN," said Thindwa.
Ever since some of these services came into effect some years ago, Thindwa explained that customers would wait for months in order to be connected. He said sometimes they would even wait for 'some time' before getting answers on their queries on MTL broadband services.
Thindwa acknowledged that the problems were stemming from the fact that broadband solutions are complex and they had no expertise to deal with them.
"To get the best out of MTL's services, the customer needs to interact with people who are conversant with the technologies and are able to articulate the possible solutions and respond to the customers' needs appropriately," he explained.
Because of its fibre optic cable backbone MTL does not only provide internet but broadband solutions to both businesses and individuals across the country as well says Thindwa.
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