Vodacom, iBurst WiMax winding down
Vodacom’s WiMax network, which was rolled out during 2008 in partnership with iBurst in Gauteng and Cape Town, is being dismantled and most subscribers have already been migrated to other services.
Vodacom spokesperson Richard Boorman confirmed that they are winding down their WiMax operations.
Boorman said that they have managed to migrate most of their WiMax customers to other connectivity solutions, and there are just a small number of customers still using the technology.
Vodacom is looking to use the WiMax equipment in some of their other operations in Africa.
iBurst was asked for comment on the WiMax network, which was built using iBurst/WBS’s spectrum, but the company did not respond by the time of publication.
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