Rain announced it will suspend the sale of its fixed-LTE products through partner ISPs, due to capacity constraints on its network.<\/p>\n
Partner ISPs have been told to temporarily stop sales of Rain fixed-LTE products from 1 November 2018.<\/p>\n
Rain’s fixed LTE offering is available through a number of ISPs, including Afrihost, Axxess, and Webafrica.<\/p>\n
The company said the popularity of its mobile products and its strong fixed-LTE sales have put strain on its network, requiring the operator to manage its network capacity by temporarily halting fixed-LTE sales.<\/p>\n
“Due to the strong sales of our fixed wireless offering through ISPs, and the successful launch of our mobile product, we are rapidly utilising the currently-available capacity on our network,” Rain CEO Willem Roos told MyBroadband.<\/p>\n
“In order to ensure a continued great experience for all our customers, we have decided to suspend new sales of the fixed-wireless offering for the present time.”<\/p>\n
Existing customers with Rain fixed-LTE connections will not be affected by this change, but new customers will not be able to order the product through ISPs from November.<\/p>\n
Roos noted that sales of Rain’s mobile product remain unaffected by the network constraints and that robust demand continues for the company’s R50-per-gig data plan.<\/p>\n
He said the company would revisit its decision on fixed-LTE sales as it continues to build its LTE network, improving capacity and coverage across South Africa.<\/p>\n
“We will endeavour to grow our coverage and capacity in all the major metros in South Africa,” said Roos.<\/p>\n
He said Rain plans to expand its LTE network rapidly, and the company currently has 2,200 active towers. It plans to roll out another 2,800 towers over the next 30 months.<\/p>\n
As the capacity of the Rain LTE network increases, the network’s fixed-LTE products may become available again through ISPs – but Rain did not confirm when the products would return.<\/p>\n
Rain fixed-LTE products are still listed on partner ISP websites, with new activations being provisioned until 31 October 2018.<\/p>\n
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