2 Million Broadband users in 2010
Broadband growth is accelerating in South Africa, a trend which has been witnessed worldwide. With decreasing prices and increased availability more consumers are dumping their dial-up connections in preference of ADSL or high speed wireless connections.
According to Vodacom Business’ Wally Beelders South Africa will have between 1.5 Million and 2 Million broadband subscribers by 2010.
This will be made up mostly by HSDPA customers from Vodacom and MTN. Some analysts predict around 1 Million 3G/HSDPA subscribers in 2010, with other wireless technologies like WiMax, WiFi, CDMA2000 and iBurst adding a few hundred thousand to the total.
ADSL will most likely be the second most popular broadband access technology behind 3G/HSDPA, with Telkom’s predictions falling in at around 800 000 ADSL subscribers by 2011.
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