VODACOM has been appointed communication services provider for Ithuba Holdings which will take over the operation of the national lottery from June 1.Previous operator Gidani used MTN as its service provider, but Ithuba will be using Vodacom as well as MTN infrastructure, under Vodacom’s management.The two cellphone operators will provide the communication infrastructure that connects the central gaming systems, the regional office and the lottery terminals in retail outlets through 3G systems.Instead of a single SIM card in terminals there will be two when Ithuba takes over from Gidani.Ithuba’s head of lottery implementation, Leonard Paster, said on Monday that having connections through two operators would ensure less downtime since there would always be automatic back-up from one provider if coverage by the other in a particular area was not sufficiently strong.This would ensure greater reliability, more players, possibly more revenue and less need for antennae to help address th...
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