| 1993 |
IS founded |
| 1994 |
IS installs first fibre optic link from South Africa to the USA (SAT2) |
| 1995 |
IS forms trusted network solutions – South Africa’s first network security business |
| 1996 |
Dimension Data acquires 25% stake in IS |
| 1997 |
Dimension Data sets up Omnilink VPN services network (IS starts IP based VPN services) |
| 1998 |
IS’ 100th corporate customer connects |
| 2000 |
IS installs first 45Mbps T3 international link to USA (reaches over 100Mbps of bandwidth capacity)
IS and Omnilink merge
IS MPLS VPN launched
Dimension Data acquires 60% stake in IS |
| 2001 |
IS launches South Africa’s first unified messaging service |
| 2002 |
IS move to The Campus and establishes its second state of the art Internet Data Centre (IDC)
IS celebrates Cisco Powered Network Certification for Managed Security Services (a first outside the US) |
| 2003 |
IS celebrates 10 years
IS exceeds 200Mbps of international bandwidth and 155Mbps into Africa via SAT3
IS' partnership with BT, AT&T, Cable and Wireless and Masergy creates an additional 7200Mbps of international bandwidth availability |
| 2004 |
IS becomes the only service provider with 4 separate mediums of connectivity out of South Africa |
| 2005 |
IS focuses on convergence, launching VoIS
New PoPs established in Germany, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, and Hong Kong |
| 2006 |
Dimension Data acquires 100% stake in IS
IS launches broadband services
IS Kenya is launched
IS reaches an international bandwidth capacity of 1.6Gbps |
| 2008 |
IS launches Nigeria and Ghana
IS exceeds 3.5Gbps of international and 18.143Tbps of national backbone bandwidth |
| 2009 |
IS awarded i-ECS and i-ECNS licence
IS Mozambique is launched |