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Podcast | Crime is now easily as bad as it was before South Africa entered the lockdown in late March, according to Vumacam CEO Ricky Croock.
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Frogfoot extends free fibre upgrades indefinitely
Vox-owned fibre-to-the-home infrastructure provider Frogfoot Networks said on Friday that it will extend free line speed upgrades, introduced during South Africa’s lockdown, indefinitely.
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Vumatel absorbs SADV’s fibre network
Fibre network operators Vumatel and SA Digital Villages will in future operate as a single entity following the transfer of the SADV wholesale fibre assets to Vumatel.
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Frogfoot joins Vumatel in doubling fibre line speeds
Vox-owned fibre-to-the-home operator Frogfoot has joined rival Vumatel in promising to double line speeds for consumers stuck at home due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Vumatel to boost customer line speeds for free
Vumatel said on Friday it will boost line speeds for customers for free until the end of May to help cope with the high demand for work-from-home solutions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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CIVH losses widen on Vumatel, DFA network expansion
The contribution to Remgro’s headline earnings from CIVH – the parent company of Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa – amounted to a loss of R197-million in the six months ended 31 December 2019.
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Remgro’s CIVH makes its case for the Woan
Remgro’s CIVH has made it crystal clear that it wants to be a major player in South Africa’s planned wholesale open-access network and has lobbied communications regulator Icasa to provide strong support to the new entity.
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Vumatel cuts prices on high-end fibre lines, hikes entry-level fees
Vumatel is implementing wholesale price adjustments for its fibre-to-the-home products, with “nominal” increases for entry-level line speeds and price cuts for faster services.
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Vox more than doubles home fibre roll-out target
Vox has more than doubled its planned roll-out of fibre broadband infrastructure and is now aiming for as many as 400 000 homes passed in the coming years, up from the 140 000 previously targeted.
Duncan McLeod
What happens next will define Telkom’s future – and Sipho Maseko’s legacy
With a fixed-line business under pressure, an IT services company feeling the pinch and a mobile business facing strong competition, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has a difficult road ahead of him. By Duncan McLeod.
