Sentech to offer higher speeds, extend coverage
The parastatel said it plans to reach a significant portion of the South African population. “Sentech’s (and governments) intention is to expand its broadband wireless services to residential and business markets to serve up to 80% of the country,” Sentech said.
The government owned company is currently waiting for funding to realize its plans. “We are still in negotiations with government for funding of Sentech’s further broadband network rollout. We don not have a date as yet,” it said.
Sentech’s MyWireless users can also look forward to faster speeds. Sentech stated that it is their intention to increase the existing maximum speeds and they intend to launch this service in the near future.
The company said that the uptake of MyWireless is currently not satisfactory, but that it is reviewing it’s existing product sets and approach to increase it’s uptake for their broadband services.
Sentech, who is currently rolling out Digital Terrestrial Television, also plans to offer voice services before the end of the year.
Sentech was the first competitor to Telkom’s ADSL service when it launched its MyWireless service in 2003.
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