FibreCo gets going on R5bn network
FibreCo Telecommunications (FibreCo) recently broke-ground to start the construction phase of its much anticipated long-distance fibre optic network in Bloemfontein. The company says it will invest up to R5 billion in infrastructure over the next five years, with a vision of ultimately building a network of over 12 000 km. Construction has commenced on a [...]
Pule appoints USAASA board
Communications minister, Dina Pule has appointed the board of the Universal Service and Access Agency of SA (Usaasa). The board will be tasked with appointing a new CEO and focusing the agency on its goal of ensuring that every citizen has access to ICTs. The agency recently came under fire from Parliament, which questioned its [...]
Telkom pilots high-speed broadband
Telkom has announced a pilot programme to begin testing high-speed broadband offerings. Broadband speeds of up to 40Mbps will be tested in the pilot where Telkom has deployed new generation access network kits in five areas of three provinces in South Africa: Benmore Gardens, Fourways and Waterkloof in Gauteng; Durban North in Kwazulu-Natal and Durbanville [...]
Telkom upgrades ADSL
Telkom today began the first leg of its ADSL upgrade process following the company’s recently stated intention to effectively increase the value to entry level broadband users. As of today, customers currently on an ‘Up to 1024 kpbs’ ADSL offering will automatically be upgraded to ‘Up to 2048 kpbs’ ADSL. The process is expected to [...]
Ka-band broadband satellite service going well
Vox Telecom says the rollout of its Ka-band broadband satellite service is progressing well. This was according to Jacques Visser, YahClick project manager at the country’s first Ka-band satellite service which was launched by telecoms group Vox Telecom in conjunction with Abu Dhabi-based, Yahsat. Ka-band satellites transmit many highly focused, overlapping ‘spot beams’, each covering a [...]
Telkom’s monopoly stifles ICT development
Telkom‘s monopoly has led to the deterioration in fixed line connections and will undermine SA’s future competitiveness unless it is addressed, the National Planning Commission has said. According to the National Development Plan, which was handed to President Jacob Zuma yesterday, Telkom’s continued dominance of the telecommunications backbone and telephony markets will stifle the countries [...]
200 000 customers for Telkom’s 10 Mbps ADSL
Telkom is set to reach the milestone of connecting its 200 000th customer to its 4-10 Mbps ADSL service. “This is the result of clear and focused set of efforts to deliver on our Broadband strategy,” says Managing Director of Telkom Wholesale and Networks, Bashier Sallie. “In simple terms we have set out to upgrade [...]
Broadband Infraco posts improved financial results
Broadband Infraco has announced that it has received an unqualified audit for the financial period ended 31 March 2012 and had seen its revenue improve. Now in its second year of commercial operation, the company says it had been quietly working towards strengthening and enhancing its internal governance operations and including revamping its business market [...]
Progress on BRICS submarine cable
Feasibility studies for the upcoming BRICS undersea cable have been completed, says the Department of Communications. Speaking at the North-West ICT Summit, Communications minister, Dina Pule explained that Alcatel had already mapped the cable route, which will connect the BRICS cable with existing undersea cables along the way. “The speed of the cable is set [...]
North-West hosts ICT summit
The North-West government is set to host a provincial ICT Indaba in Rustenburg, as it looks to create a road map that will enable it to align current systems and set out the role of ICT in future plans. The objective of the two day summit is to provide a platform for government and the ICT [...]
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