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STL and Frogfoot partner to bring affordable fibre to South Africans

Global data network solutions company, STL announced on Friday, 4 October 2019, that it is partnering with South African open-access fibre network provider, Frogfoot to distribute Fibre To The Home (FTTH) infrastructure to 20,000 homes and lower-income groups in...

Cell C on track to benefit from strategy implementation

Cell C released its interim results for the period ended 30 June 2018, signaling how South Africa’s third largest telecommunications service provider is on track to deliver substantial growth through its strategic initiatives. “Following the measures put in place as...

New tech can accelerate high-speed fibre adoption in South Africa

Demand for high-speed fibre Internet access is growing at a rapid pace among South African consumers and businesses as fibre to the home and to the business becomes available in more and more parts of South Africa. Yet the...

What consumers need to know before signing up for FTTH

Fibre to the Home (FTTH) is a trending buzzword in South Africa at the moment. Affluent suburbs are a hive of activity as trenches are dug and fibre laid, with the goal of delivering high speed connectivity to a...

DFA acquires stake in SA Digital Villages

DFA, a South African provider of open-access fibre infrastructure, has revealed that it has acquired a significant minority stake in SA Digital Villages (SADV). The transaction will see SADV reposition itself as a wholesale open access FTTH service provider...

Investec acquires stake in Vumatel

Vumatel and Investec have finalised a deal in which the South African and International Specialist Bank and Asset Manager has acquired a minority stake in the business. The announcement follows a significant equity investment by the bank into the...

Research survey set to track FTTH/B penetration in Africa

52 African countries are now connected to submarine cables, either directly or by terrestrial cross-border fibre optic networks. 44% of Africans live within a 25-km reach of a fibre node. The key question now is which cities and suburbs are...

Zambia: Liquid Telecom launches FTTH

Liquid Telecom has revealed the launch of its Fibre To The Home (FTTH) service. According to the company, the FTTH Service is expected to provide speeds of up to 100Mbps within Zambia. According to the telco, the FTTH service will...

Liquid Telecom set to expand fibre network in Africa

Liquid Telecom has revealed that it has raised USD$150 million which will fund the further expansion of its fibre network in Africa. According to the company, it has spent more than five years building an independent cross-border fibre network...

Alcatel-Lucent to build FTTH network in South Africa

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Vodacom to build a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solution to expand the service provider's customer base in the enterprise and residential markets. According to Alcatel-Lucent, the converged fibre to the home (FTTH) network enables Vodacom...
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Safaricom Partners with Quickmart to Accelerate 4G & 5G Home Internet Access

Safaricom has partnered with Quickmart to offer its 4G and 5G for Home internet solutions, enhancing accessibility and convenience...
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