We all know the hype about fibre over the past few years and we all know its fast but how does it work? South Africa has been advancing quite quickly in terms of the fibre connectivity that has been rolled out over the past 5 years and that continues to be rolled our in various…
According to reports by the News24 network and MyBroadband.co.za two of the leading broadband providers, Telkom and MTN have signed an agreement on Monday 18th April 2016 to build a new submarine cable system that will stretch 12 000km along the eastern coastline of Africa towards Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan. The cable also known as…
Telkom – Infraco Merger Could Have Negative Effects The Telkom and Broadband Infraco merger has caused somewhat of a stir in the telecoms arena. We reported last week regarding the Government’s plan to merge Telkom and Broadband Infraco as a part of their restructuring of state entities to remove duplication. This week, we follow that on…
According to an article in Business Day Live state-owned company Broadband Infraco plan’s to merge with Telkom as a part of the government’s restructuring of state entities to remove duplication as well as to prevent erosion of Broadband Infraco’s assets and value. According to this article the merger involves more than just a collaboration between the…