Browsing: Dark Fibre Africa

Industry body ACT used day one of Icasa’s rapid deployment hearings to demand binding municipal deadlines.

ISPs rate the networks they buy from, and the up-and-comers are increasingly impressing them.

The goodwill makes Vodacom’s balance sheet vulnerable to impairment if Maziv fails to deliver expected growth.

CIVH has swung to profitability after the implementation of Vodacom’s landmark Maziv fibre transaction.

Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare says the Vodacom deal has given the fibre group the firepower to expand at scale.

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.