Browsing: Dark Fibre Africa

Low-cost uncapped fibre is reshaping South Africa’s broadband market, promising to narrow the digital divide.

South Africa’s fibre market is entering an “Open Access 2.0” era shaped by scale, behaviour and enforcement.

Vodacom is still awaiting final approval for its acquisition of a 30% co-controlling stake in fibre operator Maziv.

Maziv is expanding South Africa’s fibre backbone, driving inclusion, innovation and economic growth through open access.

Maziv wants to connect thousands of base stations in South Africa that are not already connected to fibre.

MTN Group is reportedly considering renewing talks to acquire rival Telkom, sending the latter’s share price soaring.

Maziv subsidiary DFA has transmitted 1.6Tbit/s on a single wavelength over a 40km stretch of its core Gauteng network.

In this exclusive podcast interview, Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare unpacks the company’s ambitious fibre roll-out plans following the Vodacom transaction.

The Vodacom-Maziv deal is finally over the line after three-and-a-half years of regulatory scrutiny.

Market consolidation in South Africa’s telecoms sector is “long overdue”, MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has said.