Namibian network provider, Paratus, announced the completion of the initial phase of its National Mobile-LTE rollout plan on Wednesday, 7 August 2019. The company, who has invested in its very own ‘independent’ Mobile-LTE network in Walvisbay and...
BitCo Telecoms has announced new Fibre packages that aim to deliver connectivity with speeds of up to 10Gbps. BitCo has also reduced typical business Fibre prices, with some reductions amounting to almost 50 per cent with the current promotion. The promotion...
At the end of June 2019, the International Telecoms Week facilitated a panel discussion session where members spoke about the importance of investing in fibre infrastructure within Africa, in order to facilitate the development and growth of the continent’s...
Summerstrand, in Nelson Mandela Bay, has become one of the first areas in the Eastern Cape to get fibre internet infrastructure installed using an innovative process called “Micro-trenching”. The Nelson Mandela Bay council provided permission to...
DFA opened a new office in Harare, Zimbabwe, this week. This new office is the fibre optic company’s first network expansion into African markets outside of South Africa. The DFA Zimbabwe operations are headed up by Simon Chimutsotso, a seasoned...
Paratus Africa has announced that it recently activated additional capacity between West Africa Undersea Cable System (WACS) and Lusaka, Zambia. This follows the recent Paratus Trans Kalahari Fiber project that was built between the WACS landing station in...
Across Africa, the download speeds experienced by smartphone users vary greatly, even for countries with similar 4G availability. While users in South Africa, Morocco, Senegal and Kenya connect to 4G signals on average between 72% and 75% of the time,...
Fibre to the home (FTTH) is rolling out in suburbs across South Africa at a rapid rate, promising lightning fast internet speeds, a world of connectivity and online in-home entertainment options not yet experienced since the Jurassic Park advent of copper...
December 11, 2018 •
Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Insight 2019: South Africa’s digital prospects start to shine
South Africa is awaiting the arrival of not one but three international data centres, each representing a major hyperscale provider. Suffice to say, SA and its neighbours will soon have access to the same digital power, flexibility and reduced costs that...
Telecom Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth up to $400 million with the pan-African telecom group Liquid Telecom. The investment was made during a signing ceremony between the two companies on Saturday 8 December at the Africa 2018...
November 14, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on How fibre compares to satellite in meeting South Africa’s connectivity needs
With more and more South African neighbourhoods receiving the infrastructure necessary for fibre connectivity, the question that the average South African should be asking is: how does it compare to satellite in meeting the country’s needs for inclusive,...
Communities across the country are increasingly insisting on open access fibre optic cable installations which provide a neutral platform for ISPs to compete with each other to the benefit of tenants and residents. That’s the word from South Africa’s...
In a time when an economic slowdown is putting increasing pressure on businesses to maintain costs, how does a leader in the highly-competitive Internet Service Provider (ISP) sector position the organisation to deliver unprecedented value? For MWEB, it’s...
Connectivity is essential in this dynamic, online society. Fibre remains one of the top solutions to providing a seamless connection that allows online access to information and communication. Faster, stable and more reliable than data-driven connections,...
Demand for high speed, low latency internet bandwidth is only going to keep on rising as we progress towards the end of the decade and beyond. More and more people are using the internet in South Africa every day, and they’re using it for more...
süpersonic, an independently run company, 100% owned by SA’s network operator MTN has announced the launch of a new fibre to the home offering which will be available on September 3, 2018. “Complaints of too much complexity, network instability and poor...
