Despite scepticism in some quarters that Telkom’s plan to deploy fibre broadband past a million homes in South Africa by March 2018 – just two-and-a-half years from now – is too ambitious, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has said he is confident the company will not only meet
Within the next three years, Telkom will have deployed fibre-optic broadband infrastructure past a million homes, CEO Sipho Maseko said…
Alan Knott-Craig is nothing if not ambitious. The man behind the Project Isizwe free Wi-Fi project in Pretoria and the former boss of both Mxit and iBurst wants to build what he calls “the Capitec of of telecoms
MTN is starting its first fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments in the Western Cape, it said on Friday. It has begun trenching in Fresnaye and Bakoven, where it intends connecting a thousand homes by year-end. It’s the first time that MTN has expanded its FTTH network
Fibre broadband company Vumatel is ramping up its network as it aims to bring high-speed Internet to thousands more homes. On Monday, it announced that it plans to connect 100 000 homes by 2016 after it started its operations just a year ago in the Johannesburg suburb of
Broadband start-up Vumatel has announced plans to build fibre-optic infrastructure in six more Johannesburg suburbs. The company said on Monday that residents in Hurlingham, Glenadrienne, Hyde Park, Northcliff, Sharonlea and Olivedale have decided to ask Vumatel to wire up their
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has said smaller fibre providers are placing “relentless pressure” on the company’s wholesale and networks unit. This is according to an excerpt from Maseko’s strategic review in Telkom’s annual report for 2015, which
Telkom will open its telecommunications exchanges to Internet service providers using an open-access model in an effort to stimulate demand for fixed-line broadband in South Africa. “To further stimulate access to broadband, we will make making around
In what could prove be a significant development, MTN has now said it supports the concept of open-access networks for the deployment of fibre-to-the-home infrastructure in South Africa. It said it believes that an open-access business model
The emergence of as many as two dozen rivals in the fibre-to-the-home broadband market is good for Telkom, good for consumers and good for the economy, Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko said at
