Diko says government should consider "de-establishing" Broadband Infraco

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South African broadband network could be shut down

The chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications, Khusela Diko, says government should consider "de-establishing" Broadband Infraco and transferring its assets to Sentech.

This follows a recent presentation by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies regarding the creation of the State Digital Infrastructure Company (SDIC).
 
Infraco...
Was supposed to be a competitor to DFA, after the SNO was supposed to be a competitor to Telkom.
One of the reasons more companies didn't invest in their own infrastructure when it made sense to do.
 
Nice picture of everyone seeming to do NOTHING.
Half dont even have monitors.
Probably playing TETRIS on cell phones
 
quovadis said:
Nope. DFA didn't exist when Infraco received its mandate. I guess a company did invest when it made sense to do so.
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The ACT was gazetted in 2007. DFA started rolling out in 2007.

Whatever the case is Infraco is the old Eskom and Transnet assets that were set to go to the SNO, the real supposed competitor in SA. If it had materialised there would have been 3 competitors including Telkom. This would have made it hard to compete on a wholesale level so there was no further interest for what was thought to be a saturated market. If only foresight was 20/20.
 
Swa said:
The ACT was gazetted in 2007. DFA started rolling out in 2007.

Whatever the case is Infraco is the old Eskom and Transnet assets that were set to go to the SNO, the real supposed competitor in SA. If it had materialised there would have been 3 competitors including Telkom. This would have made it hard to compete on a wholesale level so there was no further interest for what was thought to be a saturated market. If only foresight was 20/20.
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Not whatever the case. DFA didn't predate Broadband Infraco.

Also, you seem to be making it up as you go along to suit your market saturation argument.

DFA was not a wholesale anything - at the time it was an infrastructure sharing company for the existing players who were already licensed so they could share routes instead of each building their own. They only received their license a few years later.
 
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