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  1. Jan

    50Mbps fibre prices compared across 18 FNOs on Afrihost

    50Mbps fibre price comparison — including options under R750 a month Several well-priced mid-ranged fibre products are available to South Africans, with networks such as MetroFibre, Openserve, and Zoom Fibre offering 50Mbps packages from R697 a month through Afrihost. However, if the global...
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  3. Jan

    Vumatel beats Telkom despite years of monopoly advantage

    South Africa's fibre war goes nuclear Vumatel broke Telkom's fixed-line broadband monopoly in South Africa and established itself as the leader in the fibre-to-the-home market. Telkom must now play catch-up in an area it dominated for over a decade and enjoyed a tremendous advantage.
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 12
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  4. BamboozledAttorney

    Webafrica discontinue their 20/10 line (Vuma) speed packages

    So, I noticed that Webafrica has removed their 20/10 Vuma package from their website. The snippet on top shows Save 200 on Vumatel. Keep in mind, that their promo is only for the first two months. Now, this is interesting because they discontinue it during Vuma's speed upgrade promo (you get...
  5. Jan

    South African fibre operators spending billions on their networks

    Fibre network operators spend billions growing their networks Analytico's 2022 South African Fibre Report revealed that CIVH's fibre subsidiary (comprising Vumatel and DFA) and Openserve had spent a combined R5.7 billion on their fibre rollouts over the last year. Analytico is a research...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Jan

    Top fibre network operators in South Africa

    South Africa's top fibre network operators revealed Analytico's 2022 South African Fibre Report revealed that Vumatel and Openserve dominate the local fibre market, with over 50% market share in homes passed and homes connected. Analytico is a research company that provides research reports...
    • Jan
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  7. Jan

    Fibre price war in South Africa - 200Mbps cheaper than R1,000

    Fibre war in South Africa — with 200Mbps packages under R1,000 South African households can now choose from several fibre-to-the-home packages (FTTH) with download speeds as high as 200Mbps for less than R1,000 per month. Telkom's wholesale fibre network operator (FNO) Openserve recently added...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost fibre-to-the-home (ftth) metrofibre mweb octotel openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    2022 South African Fibre Network Operator Report released

    Analytico releases 2022 South African Fibre Network Operator Report Analytico has released its 2022 South African Fibre Network Operator Report, shedding light on the local fibre market, including homes passed, homes connected, and network investments. Vumatel started South Africa's fibre...
    • Jan
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    • analytico fibre network operator (fno) fttb openserve telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 2
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  9. Jan

    Entry-level fibre price comparison - Vumatel vs Openserve vs Frogfoot

    Entry-level fibre prices compared — including a service for R297 per month Fibre network operators such as Frogfoot, Vumatel, and Openserve are expanding their products to lower-income communities. A MyBroadband analysis has revealed that South Africans can get uncapped fibre for as little as...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost frogfoot metrofibre octotel openserve telkom vodacom vumatel zoom fibre
    • Replies: 12
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  10. Jan

    Vumacam's "secret" plan to use CCTV poles as 5G towers

    Using Vumacam poles for 5G base stations Vumatel's Vumacam poles across Johannesburg could soon be used as 5G base stations, the fibre network operator's parent company Remgro revealed during an investor presentation in June 2022. Remgro-owned Community Investment Ventures Holdings is...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 4
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  11. Jan

    Rolling out fibre has become much cheaper in South Africa

    Fibre rollouts becoming much cheaper in South Africa Major fibre network operators have seen a considerable decline in the cost of rolling out fibre-to-the-home in South Africa. During a recent investor presentation by Remgro, Vumatel CEO Dietlof Mare explained that the operator's rollout cost...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 12
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  12. S

    Afrihost Vumatel Activation Annoyance

    Hi there. Has anyone had this issue? I have migrated my line to 100/100 taking effect 1st August. Since yesterday my connection gets interrupted around every hour asking me to Activate my line. ( And still tells me it's been active after I enter the OTP. I have been on Whatsapp with Afrihost...
  13. Jan

    Openserve close to Vumatel's 450,000 connected fibre customers

    Openserve closing in on Vumatel's fibre crown Telkom's wholesale fixed-line division Openserve has continued to rapidly expand its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network and is nearing Vumatel in terms of customer numbers. That is according to the operator's trading update for the first quarter of...
  14. Jan

    Vumatel hoping to increase Herotel stake to 100%

    Vumatel wants to buy 100% of Herotel Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH), Vumatel's holding company, wants to increase its share in Herotel from 48% to 100% to help it reach "secondary" cities. Vumatel acquired a 45% stake in Herotel in February 2022.
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dietlof mare herotel pieter uys remgro vumatel
    • Replies: 13
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  15. Jan

    Openserve launches symmetric 100Mbps fibre and upgrades 200Mbps to 250Mbps

    Openserve launches big 100Mbps fibre change — and a 250Mbps upgrade Telkom’s wholesale and networks division Openserve has launched a symmetric 100Mbps fibre-to-the-home services and upgraded its 200Mbps product to 250Mbps. Previously, Openserve offered only a 100Mbps service with 50Mbps...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 25
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  16. Jan

    SqwidNet's clients rescue South Africa's Sigfox network

    SqwidNet is dead — Long live Sigfox South Africa Sigfox South Africa has officially launched operations, taking over the Internet of Things network assets previously belonging to SqwidNet. SqwidNet was on the verge of shuttering after showing low revenue growth over the past few years.
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  17. Jan

    Rain not worried about Vuma Key and Vuma Reach

    Rain unthreatened by Vumatel's plan to launch R100 uncapped fibre Rain isn't concerned that its customers could drop 5G connectivity for fibre after Vumatel revealed its intentions to provide low-cost uncapped fibre to every household in South Africa. In fact, Rain said it recognises the...
  18. Jan

    Crime slows down or blocks fibre network rollouts in South Africa

    Big crime problems fibre networks face in South Africa South Africa's major fibre network operators (FNOs) are not immune to the scourge of crime that many citizens are experiencing. MetroFibre's head of fibre-to-the-home Jacques de Villiers recently said that "construction mafias" posing as...
    • Jan
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    • fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot metrofibre octotel openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 16
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  19. Jan

    Remgro's Pieter Uys says Vumatel is democratising broadband access in South Africa

    Uncapped fibre to every home in South Africa for under R100 per month Vumatel can offer lower-cost fibre products to low-income regions due to lower rollout costs, and its aim to provide uncapped fibre for under R100 per month appears to be going well. This is according to Remgro's head of...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 57
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  20. Jan

    How MTN and Telkom could get the Competition Commission to approve their deal this time

    What MTN really wants from Telkom For MTN to get the Competition Commission’s approval to acquire Telkom, it must structure the deal extremely carefully. “This was a very predictable reaction to the Vodacom-CIVH deal,” Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions founder Dominic Cull told MyBroadband.
    • Jan
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  21. Jan

    Fibre price battle - Vumatel vs Openserve vs Frogfoot vs Metrofibre

    Fibre war in South Africa heats up South Africa's biggest fibre network operators are in a heated battle, cutting prices and increasing line speeds to win over customers. Over the past two years, the prices of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) packages have come down significantly as demand has surged...
    • Jan
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    • fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot metrofibre openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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