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  1. Jan

    Fibre price war - before and after the Covid-19 lockdown

    Fibre war in South Africa — with prices dropping below R400 Fibre-to-the-home in South Africa is cheaper than ever before, with 25Mbps packages starting for as little as R399 per month. South Africa's home fibre market saw the beginning of a real price war when the country locked down for the...
  3. Jan

    Icasa ICT sector report - how much South African operators spent on their networks

    These charts show how much money South Africa's operators spend on their networks South African operators' investments in their networks have gradually declined over the past four years, with spending totalling R47.6 billion in 2017, compared with R34 billion in 2021. This is according to...
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  4. Jan

    Vumatel CEO Dietlof Mare's tech preferences and his best investment

    Vumatel CEO Dietlof Mare's best investment — and his plans at Vumatel Dietlof Mare is one of South Africa's most successful telecommunications executives, having served as CEO of Vodacom DRC, Vodacom Tanzania, Vodafone Albania, and now Vumatel CEO. Mare started his career at PWC in the early...
  5. Jan

    How much money network operators make in South Africa

    How much money South Africa's cellphone networks make South Africa's mobile network operators generate around 74% more revenue than fixed-line service providers, and data services dominate other products, the State of the ICT Sector report reveals. The Independent Communications Authority of...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Jan

    Remgro reports earnings jump for Vumatel and DFA

    Vumatel makes R1.4 billion in six months Remgro has reported that Vumatel’s revenue jumped 31.7% to R1.438 billion between 1 July 2021 and 31 December 2021. The company reported that this was driven by its fibre infrastructure expansion programme and subscriber uptake growth.
    • Jan
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  7. Jan

    Openserve on 1Gbps fibre - We'll launch it if we launch it

    1Gbps fibre in South Africa — two major networks are lagging behind While other major fibre networks in South Africa reach speeds of up to 1Gbps, MetroFibre and Openserve only offer download speeds of up to 500Mbps and 300Mbps, respectively. Afrihost sells Vumatel's, Frogfoot's, and Octotel's...
    • Jan
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  8. Jan

    Vumatel acquires non-controlling stake in Herotel

    Vuma acquires 45% stake in Herotel Vumatel has acquired a 45% non-controlling stake in Herotel, a fixed wireless Internet service provider and a player in South Africa’s fibre-to-the-home industry. Herotel has passed over 150,000 homes and business users across more than 400 towns and cities.
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  9. Jan

    2021 MyBroadband Awards announced

    2021 MyBroadband Awards — South Africa's best broadband providers announced MTN, Cool Ideas, and Vumatel have been crowned as South Africa’s top broadband providers in the 2021 MyBroadband Awards. These awards recognise excellence in South Africa’s broadband and telecommunications industry...
  10. Jan

    Afrihost fibre price hikes announced

    Afrihost hikes fibre prices Afrihost has started informing subscribers that they will be paying more for their fibre connections from 1 March 2022. Customers on all major fibre network operators (FNOs) will see a price increase, except for MetroFibre Networx.
  11. Jan

    DFA planning retrenchments

    DFA staff retrenchments planned Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) is embarking on a restructuring process that will see significant staff cuts at the wholesale fibre infrastructure provider. DFA started rolling out fibre infrastructure in 2007 to transmit metro and long-haul telecommunications traffic.
    • Jan
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  12. Jan

    South Africa's biggest data users of 2021

    The Petabyte squad — South Africa’s biggest data hogs in 2021 At least three fibre-to-the-home users in South Africa consumed more than 1 petabyte (1,000TB) of data during 2021, according to major fibre Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country. Point Topic's Broadband Tariff Benchmark...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 8
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  13. Jan

    Fibre price comparison - 4Mbps to 50Mbps for less than R500

    Fibre for less than R500 — from 4Mbps to 50Mbps South Africans looking for an affordable fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) package will find a wide range of products to choose from for less than R500 per month. The prices of fibre packages are not primarily determined by the Internet Service Providers...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost axxess fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot internet service provider (isp) mweb octotel openserve rsaweb vumatel
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. Jan

    Cheap fibre war in South Africa - Vuma Reach, Openserve Web Connect, and Frogfoot Air

    Fibre war in South Africa — with prices starting at less than R300 per month South Africans in select neighbourhoods have the option to get a cost-effective uncapped fibre-to-the-home package from as little as R297 per month. Three of South Africa's biggest fibre network operators offer...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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    Vumatel holding me hostage

    I am highly frustrated with this company First of all you blocked me from my own Fibre at my residence due to an agreement with a former tenant which has nothing to do with me. Then after numerous conversations both email and here you eventually said ok they will cancel the ISP line you then...
  16. Jan

    Biggest FTTH data consumer in South Africa - the 164TB man

    The 164TB man — South Africa's biggest data hog Based on feedback from some of South Africa's prominent fibre-to-the-home Internet service providers (ISPs), data traffic among their top users has continued to increase. The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred demand for fast and reliable Internet...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 60
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Jan

    Companies that control South African telecoms - Competition Commission report

    These are the companies that control South Africa's Internet Vumatel has grown to become a dominant player in fibre-to-the-home, while Telkom's Openserve division continues to dominate when it comes to national long-distance fibre in South Africa. Vodacom and MTN remain the most dominant...
    • Jan
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  18. Jan

    Fixed lines in South Africa declined, while mobile broadband surged - Stats SA

    Internet access surprise in South Africa Fewer South Africans had fixed-line Internet connections at home in 2020 than in 2019, but more accessed the Internet via a mobile device. That is according to Statistics South Africa's latest General Household Survey for 2020, which found around 1.5...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  19. Jan

    Uncapped FTTH price comparison

    Cheapest home fibre deals in South Africa South Africans can get an uncapped fibre package for as little as R297 per month, thanks to price cuts from fibre network operators and Internet service providers throughout 2021. Several fibre packages have download speeds ranging from 10Mbps to...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  20. H

    Afrihost & Vumatel non existent support,

    I am at wits end here and do not know what to do. We ordered a new fibre installation through Afrihost over a month and a half ago, eventually after rectifying a issue with a wrong address we finally had the fibre installed on the 2nd of November by two uninterested Vumatel engineers. They came...
  21. Jan

    Vodacom to own co-controlling share in Vumatel and DFA

    Vodacom acquiring co-controlling share in Vumatel and DFA for R10.2 biillion Vodacom has agreed on terms to acquire a 30% co-controlling stake in Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa for a total transaction value of R10.2 billion. "Subject to regulatory approvals, Vodacom Group will hold a...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) infraco remgro vodacom vumatel
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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