Adrian Maguire

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  While the technology itself is not entirely new, says GTS CEO, Adrian Maguire, it is significant that a developer of Zotos Property Group's stature has sought a complete broadband solution in a residential development application, he adds.
  
  "The residential market is demanding cost-effective broadband services provisioning on one seamlessly integrated homogenous network, and with backbone bandwidths of more than 200Mbps possible, that is a very real possibility," says Maguire. "The inherent cost-effectiveness of marrying all functions within residential developments – from essential services such as access control and security to value-added service like internet access and email to all residents - is very attractive."
  
  Broadband across electricity grids is one of the most stable systems available, accessible by simply plugging into any electrical wall socket within the estate, he adds.
  
  "Convergence of systems in residential and business environments is a marked trend," says Maguire.

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  Published on: 4/6/2007    Last Visited: 4/6/2007  

  "In essence this means that you can get all your telecommunications and broadcast packages from a single service provider that enters your home through a single plug point," explains GTS CEO Adrian Maguire.
  
  This certainly makes for a more convenient service by consolidating access systems and payments but there's more says Maguire.
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  Maguire says, "Our business model has been developed to ensure job creation and sustainable skills transfer and above all, to provide all South Africans with a multifarious communications offering that they can afford."

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  Earlier this month, at the conclusion of Goal's powerline communications (PLC) trials, CEO Adrian Maguire said an investment of about R500 million would be made over the next five years to establish PLC across the country.

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  While the technology itself is not entirely new, says GTS CEO, Adrian Maguire, it is significant that a developer of Zotos Property Group,s stature has sought a complete broadband solution in a residential development application, he adds.
  
  ,The residential market is demanding cost-effective broadband services provisioning on one seamlessly integrated homogenous network, and with backbone bandwidths of more than 200Mbps possible, that is a very real possibility,, says Maguire. ,The inherent cost-effectiveness of marrying all functions within residential developments - from essential services such as access control and security to value-added service like internet access and email to all residents - is very attractive.,
  
  Broadband across electricity grids is one of the most stable systems available, accessible by simply plugging into any electrical wall socket within the estate, he adds.

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  Published on: 4/8/2006    Last Visited: 4/8/2006  

  There were apparently a variety of reasons, but all of them redundant, according to GTS CEO Adrian Maguire, who says PLC is still struggling to overcome the negative publicity around initial trials of the technology.
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  Maguire concedes that interference was one of the biggest problems with PLC, but emphasises that all interference has been eliminated in the particular version of PLC his company has installed at two pilot sites in SA and more extensively in Uganda and Rwanda.
  
  He explains that recent advances in the technology have led to the development of intelligent and adaptive network capability that enables the system to detect and avoid signal interference automatically, working within the realms and dynamics of the power grid without amplifiers.
  
  Readers also said regular power cuts and instability of the power grid would result in unreliable data quality, but Maguire disagrees.He says this is not at all true of the GTS PLC solution because it is designed to be independent of the electricity carried by the power lines and will even work during a power failure.
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  Maguire says although every technology has its place and role to play, he foresees PLC dominating the broadband market because it has the flexibility of wireless, but the quality and reliability of a wired infrastructure.
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  Maguire says in addition to having the same revenue-generation potential of other networks, PLC solutions can be implemented at a fraction of the cost of competing technology for groups with as few as 10 subscribers.
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  Maguire says sceptics need look no further than Tshwane and Durban to see that PLC technology really does work.He ascribes the scepticism to a lack of up to date information, saying the latest enhancements are very new and most case studies on the Internet are more than a year old.
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  Maguire agrees, saying that educating utility providers about how to implement successful business models around the technology is an important part of the education process GTS has started.

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  While the technology itself is not entirely new, says GTS CEO Adrian Maguire, it is significant that a developer of Zotos Property Group's stature has sought a complete broadband solution in a residential development application.
  
  "The residential market is demanding cost-effective broadband services provisioning on one seamlessly integrated homogenous network, and with backbone bandwidths of more than 200Mbps possible, that is a very real possibility," says Maguire."The inherent cost-effectiveness of marrying all functions within residential developments - from essential services such as access control and security to value-added service like Internet access and e-mail to all residents - is very attractive."
  
  Broadband across electricity grids is one of the most stable systems available, accessible by simply plugging into any electrical wall socket within the estate.
  
  "Convergence of systems in residential and business environments is a marked trend," says Maguire.

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  Group launches potential alternative to ADSL - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/30/2006    Last Visited: 3/30/2006  

  GTS CEO Adrian Maguire said this level of bandwidth allows voice over Internet Protocol, fast Internet connectivity, as well as high-quality television and video streaming.
  
  The solution is an open system, which can be tailored to the specific needs of clients and communities, and Maguire believes it could possibly hold the answer to "SA's uncompetitive and overpriced broadband market."
  
  However, PLC technology, which enables high-speed data, voice and media transfer over existing power lines, is still struggling to establish credibility within the industry, following unreliable trials a few years ago.
  
  Plagued by problems of emissions and reliability, PLC technology evolved into a 45-megabit design in 2003, and commercially viable solutions were developed in 2005.
  
  "There was some bad publicity for PLC in 2000 and people are still sceptical about it.That is a challenge at this stage," Maguire stated.
  
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  Maguire believes that, compared to other broadband solutions, PLC technology can enable businesses to save 25% to 50% on communications services costs and the technology is up to 75% cheaper.But, PLC needs to be deployed on a mass backbone, and a network has to be enabled for the solution.
  
  GTS is on a drive to promote the technology to municipalities and electricity distributors around the country, which would not only benefit the home user, but also local authorities.
  
  Maguire says municipalities are losing millions in revenue due to the theft and wastage of water and electricity.
  
  "The real-time automated meter reading function provided by GTS will be able to increase municipal network efficiency.The technology secures the integrity of the network by constantly monitoring the network to detect imbalances," he said.
  
  Until now, GTS has done two municipal installations in Durban, one in the City of Tshwane's Rooiwal area, as well as in two housing estates in Tshwane.Deployments have also been completed in Rwanda and GTS is the preferred PLC supplier for a project in Uganda.
  
  To benefit from PLC broadband services, a head-end unit needs to be installed on the power line network and users need to obtain a modem, Maguire explained.

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  Published on: 11/3/2008    Last Visited: 9/7/2009  

  Adrian Maguire, Chief Executive Officer of Goal Technology Solutions, said, "Our commitment with our GoalNet Network is 'Broadband for All' utilizing the power of 'Smart Grid' telecommunications.

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  Adrian Maguire, Chief Executive Officer of Goal Technology Solutions, said, "Our commitment with our GoalNet Network is ‘Broadband for All' utilizing the power of ‘Smart Grid' telecommunications.

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  R500m investment in ADSL alternative - [Cached Version]
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  This is according to Goal CEO Adrian Maguire, who adds: "We aim to reach about 1.1 million subscribers [within five years] and provide a full triple play service to consumers - not merely a data service."
  
  Trials have been completed in Durban, and six installation sites are complete in Pretoria's eastern suburbs, he says.

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