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Broadband Infraco, the state-owned infrastructure provider that is expected to launch commercially within the next few weeks, pumped R407m into its network in the 2010 financial year, up from R373m in 2009.

The increase is mainly due to the cost of network operations, maintenance and repairs, the company says in its latest annual report.

State-owned telecommunications infrastructure provider Broadband Infraco has used its latest annual report to criticise a decision not to grant it a service licence under the Electronic Communications Act. It says the decision, taken by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) and backed by communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda, undermines financially its investment in a new undersea cable system.

Government’s telecommunications infrastructure business Broadband Infraco will be ready for commercial launch in a few weeks, says CEO Dave Smith. Smith says that after years of putting together a national fibre network, testing with the other telecoms providers has begun.

SA will soon be awash in cheap international bandwidth. The challenge is getting that bandwidth into the hands of consumers and companies. So, news this week of the launch of a new fibre operator is encouraging. Eassy. Wacs. Ace. Main One. These are the names of new cable systems that are either in the works or already under construction. Together with the Seacom cable in the east and the Sat-3 system in the west, they promise a flood of cheap international bandwidth.

Data centre operator Teraco Data Environments will host two of the five points of presence state-owned telecommunications operator Broadband Infraco…

A report published in Business Day on Friday concerning state-owned Broadband Infraco was “misleading” and “factually incorrect”, government said. The…

State-owned telecommunications infrastructure operator Broadband Infraco will “consider all its options” in the wake of a decision by its regulator…

Newly established state-owned telecommunications infrastructure provider, Broadband Infraco, will build five points of presence in SA’s major centres this year…

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) resisted pressure from members of parliament on Tuesday to issue state-owned company Broadband…