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  1. Jan

    Vuma Core vs Vuma Reach vs Vuma Key

    Vumatel's three services explained Remgro-owned Vumatel offers fibre products for a range of incomes in South Africa, and its network expansion has increased rapidly. From connecting around 70,000 homes a year, the fibre network operator now connects 60,000 to 70,000 per month.
    • Jan
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    • dietlof mare remgro vuma core vuma key vuma reach vumatel
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    Openserve home fibre preferred over Vumatel, Vodacom, and Frogfoot - report

    New report shows Openserve preferred over Vumatel, Vodacom, and Frogfoot Analytico's 2022 South African Broadband and ISP Brand Report revealed that Openserve is the most popular fibre operator, followed by Vumatel, Vodacom, Frogfoot, and Metrofibre. The report is based on survey responses...
    • Jan
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    • evotel fibre network operator (fno) frogfoot metrofibre octotel openserve telkom ttconnect vodacom vumatel
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Jan

    Fibre network operators say they are ready for stage 6 power cuts

    Good news for fibre connections during Eskom’s Stage 6 power cuts South Africa’s fibre network operators have told MyBroadband that they have sufficient backup power to keep their networks online during stage 6 load-shedding. Eskom announced stage 6 power cuts on Tuesday afternoon after...
    • Jan
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    • eskom fibre network operator (fno) metrofibre octotel openserve scott cunningham telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Jan

    Frogfoot and MetroFibre taking the fibre fight to Openserve and Vumatel

    South African fibre war — Frogfoot and MetroFibre taking on big guns Frogfoot and MetroFibre are taking on Vumatel and Openserve with their rapid fibre rollouts across the country. Frogfoot currently has 334,114 homes passed and 127,416 connected, and MetroFibre passes 350,000 with 95,000...
  6. J

    International Packet Loss

    Since the beginning of the month I have had packet loss internationally. I have called Afrihost and also used the WhatsApp help and no one has been able to help me. They said they would contact Vumatel and no one has managed to help me. Here is an international speedtest to the UK. I used to...
  7. Jan

    Vumatel vs Openserve - R18.5 billion market cap vs R44 billion valuation

    David versus Goliath — A tale of two telecommunications companies On Tuesday, 14 June 2022, Telkom released its annual financial results for the year ended 31 March 2022, revealing a company struggling to grow. Revenue was down 1.1% to R42.8 billion, and earnings before interest, taxes...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) openserve telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    Afrihost's Vumatel prices reduced and 500Mbps package launched

    Afrihost cuts Vumatel fibre prices and launches 500Mbps package Afrihost has reduced its Vumatel fibre package prices after the operator launched a promotion to increase subscriber line speeds for free. Vumatel announced the promotion to Internet service providers last week.
  9. Jan

    Vumatel's plan to launch R100 per month uncapped fibre for South Africa's poorest

    Vuma Key — Uncapped fibre for R100 per month Vumatel says there is a major opportunity in South Africa to provide fibre to households earning less than R5,000 per month, and that it is busy testing the viability of lower-cost services for this market. The company revealed details about its...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dietlof mare graham mcgregor remgro vuma core vuma key vuma reach vumatel
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    Telkom Mobile's disastrous results in five charts

    Telkom tanks as growth stalls Telkom's share price dove by as much as 8.7% on Tuesday after the company released lacklustre annual results for the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. Although the company reported strong growth in its fibre segment, it could not offset the effects of stalling...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Jan

    Telkom re-focuses on fibre

    Telkom's impressive fibre drive Telkom's annual results reveal that Openserve's fibre infrastructure passed 839,691 homes with 389,109 homes connected on 31 March 2022. It is a substantial increase from a year ago when Openserve passed 549,957 homes with fibre and had 281,065 connections.
  12. BamboozledAttorney

    Vumatel's surprise speed upgrade...

    https://mybroadband.co.za/news/fibre/448234-vumatels-surprise-speed-upgrades.html I know the promo is only effective from today, and it may still take time for the temp upgrade to get initialised with whoever's ISP is on board with this promo, but is there anyone who was directly told by their...
  13. Jan

    Vumatel launches speed upgrade promotion

    Vumatel's surprise speed upgrades Fibre customers on Vumatel's network will benefit from higher speeds between 13 June and the end of August 2022. The fibre network operator is running a promotion over the period that will see package speeds upgraded to the next tier.
  14. Jan

    Vumatel assures Herotel will remain independent as it recruits new CEO

    Vuma's plans for Herotel as it hunts for a CEO Herotel is recruiting to appoint a permanent CEO after Van Zyl Botha stepped down from the role, the company has told MyBroadband. In the meantime, former Vodacom executive Chris Ross is serving as acting CEO.
    • Jan
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    • chris ross community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) dietlof mare herotel van zyl botha vumatel
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  15. Jan

    1Gbps fibre prices compared

    The Ferrari of Internet connections in South Africa pricing compared Among prominent South African ISPs, RSAWeb and Webafrica offer consumers the most affordable 1 Gbps fibre packages across four of the country's biggest fibre networks, a MyBroadband analysis shows. We compared the 1 Gbps...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    Vumatel 10Gbps still in development phase - testing going well

    Vumatel testing 10 Gbps fibre Vumatel says its 10 Gbps fibre offering is still under development, but testing is going well. The fibre network operator initially announced plans to launch 10 Gbps services in March 2021, saying the commercial launch would follow a month-long testing phase with...
  17. Jan

    We tested Herotel's claim that it has the best fibre prices in South Africa

    Best fibre prices in South Africa — Herotel's bold claims tested Herotel claims to offer the best fibre prices in South Africa, but several Internet service providers are cheaper, a MyBroadband analysis has found. Laying claim to offering the best or cheapest fibre prices is a fraught exercise.
    • Jan
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    • frogfoot frogfoot air herotel metrofibre openserve openserve web connect vuma reach vumatel
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Jan

    Vuma deal will turn Vodacom fibre network open-access overnight - Joosub

    Vodacom's Vuma deal is good news for fibre customers and ISPs Fibre Internet service providers (ISPs) should be "overjoyed" with Vodacom's acquisition of Vumatel and DFA's fibre networks, meaning they will have packages to sell in even more areas. That is according to Vodacom Group CEO Shameel...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) internet service providers’ association (ispa) shameel joosub vodacom vumatel
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  19. Jan

    Vumatel and DFA become one infrastructure company

    Vumatel and DFA integrated into new infrastructure company The new entity still needs a name.
    • Jan
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    • andries delport byron billett community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) dietlof mare raymond ndlovu remgro vumatel
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  20. Jan

    ISPA objects to Vumatel-Vodacom merge at Competition Commission

    Internet service providers launch objection to Vumatel-Vodacom merge South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has asked for a commitment from Vodacom and CIVH that the Vumatel and DFA fibre networks will remain open access. Vodacom and Community Investment Ventures...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) competition commission dark fibre africa (dfa) internet service providers’ association (ispa) vodacom vumatel
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  21. Jan

    MetroFibre increases speeds - FTTH price comparison

    Fibre price war in South Africa — MetroFibre throws down the gauntlet Comparing the latest fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) prices in South Africa from major fibre network operators (FNOs) shows that Vumatel is the most expensive for almost every speed. MetroFibre announced this week that it was...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost frogfoot metrofibre octotel openserve rsaweb vumatel
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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