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State's broadband plans fall apart

The government’s ambitious new broadband company, Infraco, may be still born with internal dissent and regulatory uncertainty currently blocking progress on the deal to create it.

Andrew Mthembu, the lead consultant on the project, appears to be on his way out, after Director General of Public Enterprises, Portia Molefe, declined to renew his contract beyond January.

Meanwhile, tardiness at the department of communications, disagreement with the private shareholder, the Indian conglomerate, Tata, and a lack of clarity over the licensing requirements for the company are making it impossible to finalise the transactions that would create Infraco, according to people familiar with recent discussions about its future.
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Govt messing up again when it comes to broadband? I'm shocked, shocked.
 
Huh?

Why does the state need yet ANOTHER broadband company?
Big brother?
Telkom = 30%+ state owned
Sentech = state owned
Vodacom = 50%+ Telkom (state) owned.
!
 
I may be wrong but isn't Infraco being driven by bolt saboteur deluxe Alec Erwin? I think, for once, Ivy is not actually involved. Come to think of it, Ivy's lack of involvement is probably what got us into this pickle to begin with. :sarcasm:
 
Does anyone know what the state's obsession with holding all the broadband cards are? I mean, how can they take 10 years to allow an "SNO" in but quite happily do their own thing at the tip of a hat...
 
PiesangTee said:
Does anyone know what the state's obsession with holding all the broadband cards are? I mean, how can they take 10 years to allow an "SNO" in but quite happily do their own thing at the tip of a hat...
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Because Government is the only thing standing between us and the tsunamis...:D
 
So.. neotel has arrangements already. I wonder how that can be when april things are suppose to change, unless they know things won't change, and they are unhappy with gov controlled lower prices.. I'm guessing they wanted wo milk us too.
 
So.. neotel has arrangements already. I wonder how that can be when april things are suppose to change, unless they know things won't change, and they are unhappy with gov controlled lower prices.. I'm guessing they wanted wo milk us too.


More of the same.:mad: Nothing new under the sun.
 
Saw this one coming from a mile away.

I have a feeling Alec Erwins bunch were prob going along just fine, but the DoC got involved and buggered everything else up....

Plus of course Neotel are also trying to be a commercial company and make a profit... which never really gels with government controlled pricing...
 
krycor said:
So.. neotel has arrangements already. I wonder how that can be when april things are suppose to change, unless they know things won't change, and they are unhappy with gov controlled lower prices.. I'm guessing they wanted wo milk us too.
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What makes you think that government-controlled prices would be lower than a competitive operator? Recent experience?
 
PiesangTee said:
Does anyone know what the state's obsession with holding all the broadband cards are? I mean, how can they take 10 years to allow an "SNO" in but quite happily do their own thing at the tip of a hat...
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They're obsessed with power and money, the one entails the other.
 
My understanding is that the whole idea of including Transnet and Eskom as part of the SNO was for the SNO to have access to the the fibre of these parastatals.

Then late last year, big ears suddenly hijacked these resources into yet another state owned company. The only reason that leaps to mind is that as Neotel would be 100% dependent on this resource, the shareholders would be guaranteed a very large dividend for the freezable future and beyond.

The only thing I do not understand is why Tata continues with its involvement of such a risky venture.

If the Eskom/Transnet fibre was part of the business plan for the SNO, then Big ears and co have shown that they are totally untrustworthy and as they are in a position to change anything I would be very wary about future involvement. Big ears has shown himself to be anything but honest - remember the sabotage story?
 
bekdik said:
as Big ears has shown himself to be anything but honest - remember the sabotage story?
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*koffs.... one has to wonder about the validity and truth surrounding the latest excuses given involving Koeberg and the 'current' power cuts....


toady :)
 
bekdik said:
The only thing I do not understand is why Tata continues with its involvement of such a risky venture.
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Spot on bekdik. Methinks they are new to this country and it's beurocrats... I think there are so many hopefuls - with the African renaisance and development being pushed lately - who are about to be disappointed and realise that Africa's worst enemy is itself... and all the evils of the olde world europe/USA were not the only things responsible for the current state of affairs. They will soon lose interest at this rate. As mentioned in another thread, it's interesting to note that the DRC has the resources, both water and land, to feed the entire continent.
 
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